Work & commute · Pickens

Work & commute in Pickens, MS

Most working residents leave Pickens for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (10%), Canton (6%) and Ridgeland (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 203 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 201 Pickens residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pickens.

201live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

23work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pickens goes to work

Jackson42.2 mi away

10%20

Canton20.6 mi away

6%13

Ridgeland34.2 mi away

4%8

Madison30.3 mi away

3%7

Gluckstadt26.3 mi away

2%5

Indianola54.8 mi away

2%5

Clinton43 mi away

2%5

Raymond50.5 mi away

2%4

Kosciusko24.8 mi away

2%4

Yazoo City25.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

63%128

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

How far

How far Pickens commutes

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

32%

36%

26%

6%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pickens is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pickens are

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

Jobs based in Pickens

25 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less36%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs Pickens residents hold

203 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month35%

−69%

Jobs based in Pickens, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 25. 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.