Work & commute · Pope

Work & commute in Pope, MS

Most working residents leave Pope for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Batesville (36%), Oxford (7%) and Memphis (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 109 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 108 Pope residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pope.

108live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

93work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pope goes to work

Batesville7.4 mi away

36%39

Oxford25.1 mi away

7%8

Memphis, TN61.7 mi away

7%8

Olive Branch51.5 mi away

4%4

Clarksdale35.7 mi away

3%3

Southaven50.9 mi away

3%3

Tupelo69.3 mi away

3%3

Hernando43.9 mi away

2%2

Jackson132.2 mi away

2%2

Pace60 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%36

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

How far

How far Pope commutes

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

44%

16%

35%

44%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pope is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pope are

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

Jobs based in Pope

94 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Pope residents hold

109 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+683%

Jobs based in Pope, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 94. 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.