Work & commute · Pelahatchie

Work & commute in Pelahatchie, MS

Most working residents leave Pelahatchie for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (17%), Brandon (9%) and Flowood (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 489 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 456 Pelahatchie residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 782 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pelahatchie.

456live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

782work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pelahatchie goes to work

Jackson23.6 mi away

17%84

Brandon11.1 mi away

9%42

Flowood15.5 mi away

8%40

Ridgeland21.8 mi away

8%37

Pelahatchie (in town)right here

7%33

Pearl17 mi away

6%30

Morton8.9 mi away

4%21

Forest19.6 mi away

3%15

Richland21.5 mi away

3%15

Madison21.6 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%165

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

How far

How far Pelahatchie commutes

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

14%

65%

10%

11%

14%Under 10 mi

65%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pelahatchie is a job hub

1.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pelahatchie are

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

Jobs based in Pelahatchie

815 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Pelahatchie residents hold

489 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+4%

Jobs based in Pelahatchie, 2013 → 2023: 785 → 815. 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.