Work & commute · Potts Camp

Work & commute in Potts Camp, MS

Most working residents leave Potts Camp for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Holly Springs (13%), Olive Branch (12%) and Memphis (8%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 170 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 168 Potts Camp residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 148 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Potts Camp.

168live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

148work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Potts Camp goes to work

Holly Springs11.9 mi away

13%22

Olive Branch37 mi away

12%21

Memphis, TN49.2 mi away

8%14

Oxford24.4 mi away

6%11

New Albany19.5 mi away

4%7

Southaven43.4 mi away

4%6

Collierville, TN35.4 mi away

3%5

Byhalia26.6 mi away

2%4

Ecru26.2 mi away

2%3

Columbus94.1 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%74

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

How far

How far Potts Camp commutes

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

36%

47%

13%

4%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

47%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Potts Camp is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Potts Camp are

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

Jobs based in Potts Camp

150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Potts Camp residents hold

170 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+58%

Jobs based in Potts Camp, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 150. 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.