Work & commute · Pittsboro

Work & commute in Pittsboro, MS

Most working residents leave Pittsboro for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Bruce (10%), Houston (7%) and Oxford (7%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 60 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 58 Pittsboro residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 169 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pittsboro.

58live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

169work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pittsboro goes to work

Bruce3.5 mi away

10%6

Houston19.4 mi away

7%4

Oxford30.6 mi away

7%4

Saltillo47.6 mi away

5%3

Pittsboro (in town)right here

3%2

Slate Springs13.9 mi away

3%2

Pontotoc28.6 mi away

3%2

Grenada29.3 mi away

3%2

Jackson123.1 mi away

3%2

Tupelo41.5 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%31

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

How far

How far Pittsboro commutes

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

22%

17%

32%

30%

22%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pittsboro is a job hub

2.85jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pittsboro are

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

Jobs based in Pittsboro

171 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month56%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Pittsboro residents hold

60 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+18%

Jobs based in Pittsboro, 2013 → 2023: 145 → 171. 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.