Work & commute · Olive Branch

Work & commute in Olive Branch, MS

Most working residents leave Olive Branch for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Memphis (40%), Southaven (9%) and Hernando (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

4,060 of 21,937 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 17,877 Olive Branch residents head out of town to work, 4,060 work right here, and 26,956 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Olive Branch.

17,877live here, work elsewhere

4,060live and work here

26,956work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Olive Branch goes to work

Memphis, TN12.8 mi away

40%8,842

Olive Branch (in town)right here

19%4,060

Southaven7.7 mi away

9%1,891

Hernando11.3 mi away

5%1,027

Collierville, TN10.4 mi away

4%827

Germantown, TN9.3 mi away

2%372

Horn Lake11.8 mi away

1%322

Jackson183.7 mi away

1%204

Bartlett, TN19.3 mi away

1%203

Tupelo78.8 mi away

1%164

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%4,025

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

How far

How far Olive Branch commutes

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

34%

53%

10%

34%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Olive Branch is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Olive Branch are

31,016 jobs are based in Olive Branch. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Olive Branch’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Olive Branch

31,016 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities60%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Olive Branch residents hold

21,937 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+107%

Jobs based in Olive Branch, 2013 → 2023: 15,001 → 31,016. 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.