Work & commute · New Augusta

Work & commute in New Augusta, MS

Most working residents leave New Augusta for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Hattiesburg (31%), Richton (4%) and Wiggins (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 167 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 159 New Augusta residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 444 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Augusta.

159live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

444work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Augusta goes to work

Hattiesburg18.5 mi away

31%51

New Augusta (in town)right here

5%8

Richton11.4 mi away

4%7

Wiggins24.9 mi away

4%7

Gulfport54.2 mi away

2%4

Ellisville29.2 mi away

2%3

Columbia46.8 mi away

2%3

Ridgeland107.4 mi away

2%3

Jackson103.6 mi away

2%3

Meridian84 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%75

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

How far

How far New Augusta commutes

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

44%

18%

31%

7%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Augusta is a job hub

2.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Augusta are

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

Jobs based in New Augusta

452 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs New Augusta residents hold

167 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month37%

+25%

Jobs based in New Augusta, 2013 → 2023: 362 → 452. 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.