Work & commute · New Hope

Work & commute in New Hope, MS

Most working residents leave New Hope for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (41%), Starkville (4%) and Tupelo (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 1,351 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,322 New Hope residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 89 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Hope.

1,322live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

89work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Hope goes to work

Columbus5.1 mi away

41%560

Starkville27.9 mi away

4%50

Tupelo60.5 mi away

3%43

West Point20.8 mi away

3%35

New Hope (in town)right here

2%29

Columbus AFB13.2 mi away

1%20

Jackson134.1 mi away

1%16

Meridian76.8 mi away

1%14

Ridgeland127.4 mi away

1%9

Hattiesburg159.1 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%566

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

How far

How far New Hope commutes

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

53%

15%

10%

22%

53%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Hope is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Hope are

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

Jobs based in New Hope

118 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month19%

Jobs New Hope residents hold

1,351 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+11%

Jobs based in New Hope, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 118. 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.