Work & commute · Myrtle

Work & commute in Myrtle, MS

Most working residents leave Myrtle for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are New Albany (22%), Tupelo (16%) and Pontotoc (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 179 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 176 Myrtle residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 97 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Myrtle.

176live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

97work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Myrtle goes to work

New Albany7.2 mi away

22%40

Tupelo29.7 mi away

16%28

Pontotoc22.3 mi away

4%8

Oxford27.9 mi away

4%8

Ecru15.6 mi away

4%7

Corinth43.5 mi away

2%4

Starkville77.6 mi away

2%4

Myrtle (in town)right here

2%3

Columbus83.3 mi away

2%3

Potts Camp12.3 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%72

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Myrtle commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

35%

19%

31%

15%

35%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Myrtle is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.56 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Myrtle are

100 jobs are based in Myrtle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Myrtle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Myrtle

100 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Myrtle residents hold

179 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+614%

Jobs based in Myrtle, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 100. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.