Work & commute · Newton

Work & commute in Newton, MS

About one in 4 of Newton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Forest (11%), Meridian (10%) and Jackson (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

263 of 1,150 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 887 Newton residents head out of town to work, 263 work right here, and 1,970 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newton.

887live here, work elsewhere

263live and work here

1,970work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newton goes to work

Newton (in town)right here

23%263

Forest19.3 mi away

11%130

Meridian27 mi away

10%111

Jackson62.2 mi away

4%44

Morton29.9 mi away

3%39

Decatur7.5 mi away

3%33

Union16.8 mi away

2%26

Lake9.7 mi away

2%25

Laurel44.2 mi away

2%21

Philadelphia30.8 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%438

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

How far

How far Newton commutes

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

29%

21%

26%

24%

29%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newton is a job hub

1.94jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Newton are

2,233 jobs are based in Newton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newton

2,233 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Newton residents hold

1,150 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−32%

Jobs based in Newton, 2013 → 2023: 3,281 → 2,233. 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.