Work & commute · Quitman

Work & commute in Quitman, MS

About one in 4 of Quitman’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Meridian (21%), Laurel (4%) and Jackson (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

170 of 672 working residents

Typical commute

23 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 502 Quitman residents head out of town to work, 170 work right here, and 1,442 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Quitman.

502live here, work elsewhere

170live and work here

1,442work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Quitman goes to work

Quitman (in town)right here

25%170

Meridian23.7 mi away

21%144

Laurel34.9 mi away

4%27

Jackson89.3 mi away

3%20

Waynesboro25.7 mi away

2%16

Stonewall7.9 mi away

2%13

Hattiesburg61.7 mi away

2%12

Flowood81.7 mi away

1%7

Starkville98.4 mi away

1%7

Newton32 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%250

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

How far

How far Quitman commutes

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

29%

26%

17%

28%

29%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Quitman is a job hub

2.40jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Quitman are

1,612 jobs are based in Quitman. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Quitman’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Quitman

1,612 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Quitman residents hold

672 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−3%

Jobs based in Quitman, 2013 → 2023: 1,663 → 1,612. 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.