Work & commute · North Tunica

Work & commute in North Tunica, MS

Most working residents leave North Tunica for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Tunica Resorts (19%), Olive Branch (11%) and Memphis (11%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 244 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 238 North Tunica residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 304 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Tunica.

238live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

304work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Tunica goes to work

Tunica Resorts9 mi away

19%47

Olive Branch35.2 mi away

11%27

Memphis, TN36.5 mi away

11%27

Tunica1 mi away

8%19

Southaven28.6 mi away

7%17

Hernando24.2 mi away

3%7

Jackson165.2 mi away

2%6

North Tunica (in town)right here

2%6

Horn Lake25.4 mi away

2%4

Tupelo98.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%80

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

How far

How far North Tunica commutes

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

37%

35%

19%

37%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Tunica is balanced between jobs and homes

1.27jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Tunica are

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

Jobs based in North Tunica

310 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs North Tunica residents hold

244 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month31%

−29%

Jobs based in North Tunica, 2013 → 2023: 437 → 310. 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.