Work & commute · Polkville

Work & commute in Polkville, MS

Most working residents leave Polkville for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Forest (12%), Raleigh (8%) and Jackson (7%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 221 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 221 Polkville residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Polkville.

221live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

5work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Polkville goes to work

Forest17.4 mi away

12%26

Raleigh14.7 mi away

8%17

Jackson31.4 mi away

7%16

Morton10.9 mi away

5%11

Pearl23.9 mi away

3%7

Laurel47.2 mi away

3%6

Bay Springs28.5 mi away

3%6

Flowood24.2 mi away

3%6

Richland27.2 mi away

2%5

Brandon18.2 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%116

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

How far

How far Polkville commutes

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

43%

31%

21%

4%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Polkville is a commuter town

0.02jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Polkville are

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

Jobs based in Polkville

5 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less60%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Polkville residents hold

221 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+400%

Jobs based in Polkville, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 5. 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.