Work & commute · Purvis

Work & commute in Purvis, MS

Most working residents leave Purvis for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Hattiesburg (39%), Laurel (3%) and Columbia (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

80 of 680 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 600 Purvis residents head out of town to work, 80 work right here, and 1,872 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Purvis.

600live here, work elsewhere

80live and work here

1,872work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Purvis goes to work

Hattiesburg12.3 mi away

39%263

Purvis (in town)right here

12%80

Laurel40.5 mi away

3%21

Columbia25.6 mi away

2%16

Petal17.2 mi away

1%10

Gulfport54.1 mi away

1%9

Jackson93.7 mi away

1%8

Poplarville22.4 mi away

1%6

Houston, TX368.4 mi away

1%6

New Orleans, LA81.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%256

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

How far

How far Purvis commutes

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

22%

54%

10%

15%

22%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Purvis is a job hub

2.87jobs 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 Purvis are

1,952 jobs are based in Purvis. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Purvis’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Purvis

1,952 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Purvis residents hold

680 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

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Jobs based in Purvis, 2013 → 2023: 1,955 → 1,952. 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.