Work & commute · Prentiss

Work & commute in Prentiss, MS

Most working residents leave Prentiss for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Hattiesburg (10%), Jackson (9%) and Laurel (6%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

34 of 339 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 305 Prentiss residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 932 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prentiss.

305live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

932work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prentiss goes to work

Prentiss (in town)right here

10%34

Hattiesburg38.6 mi away

10%33

Jackson53.3 mi away

9%29

Laurel43.2 mi away

6%19

Collins18.4 mi away

4%12

Magee20.6 mi away

3%11

Columbia23.8 mi away

3%11

Monticello14.7 mi away

3%9

McComb42.9 mi away

3%9

Richland46.7 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%164

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

How far

How far Prentiss commutes

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

12%

24%

34%

30%

12%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prentiss is a job hub

2.85jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Prentiss are

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

Jobs based in Prentiss

966 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Prentiss residents hold

339 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−7%

Jobs based in Prentiss, 2013 → 2023: 1,035 → 966. 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.