Work & commute · Natchez

Work & commute in Natchez, MS

40% of Natchez’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Jackson (3%), Vidalia (3%) and Hattiesburg (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

2,057 of 5,090 working residents

Typical commute

4 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 3,033 Natchez residents head out of town to work, 2,057 work right here, and 5,723 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Natchez.

3,033live here, work elsewhere

2,057live and work here

5,723work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Natchez goes to work

Natchez (in town)right here

40%2,057

Jackson87.1 mi away

3%173

Vidalia, LA3.6 mi away

3%138

Hattiesburg123 mi away

3%128

Baton Rouge, LA77.5 mi away

2%118

Brookhaven55.5 mi away

2%102

McComb57.7 mi away

2%81

Minorca, LA6.5 mi away

1%65

Flowood94.5 mi away

1%56

Ferriday, LA11.9 mi away

1%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%2,122

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

How far

How far Natchez commutes

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

54%

40%

54%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Natchez is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Natchez are

7,780 jobs are based in Natchez. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Natchez’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Natchez

7,780 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Natchez residents hold

5,090 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−9%

Jobs based in Natchez, 2013 → 2023: 8,535 → 7,780. 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.