Work & commute · Paden

Work & commute in Paden, MS

Most working residents leave Paden for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Red Bay (18%), Tupelo (13%) and Belmont (10%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 40 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 40 Paden residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Paden.

40live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Paden goes to work

Red Bay, AL17 mi away

18%7

Tupelo38 mi away

13%5

Belmont11.1 mi away

10%4

Tishomingo2.3 mi away

5%2

Iuka10.8 mi away

5%2

Booneville17.5 mi away

5%2

Muscle Shoals, AL36.1 mi away

3%1

Golden12.7 mi away

3%1

Ecru48.6 mi away

3%1

Gluckstadt181.4 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%14

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

How far

How far Paden commutes

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

58%

23%

13%

8%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Paden is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Paden are

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

Jobs based in Paden

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities88%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Paden residents hold

40 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−29%

Jobs based in Paden, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 17. 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.