Work & commute · Rawls Springs

Work & commute in Rawls Springs, MS

Most working residents leave Rawls Springs for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Hattiesburg (53%), Laurel (7%) and Jackson (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 434 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 433 Rawls Springs residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rawls Springs.

433live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rawls Springs goes to work

Hattiesburg6.7 mi away

53%228

Laurel25.4 mi away

7%29

Jackson80.6 mi away

3%15

Petal9.3 mi away

2%10

Purvis16.4 mi away

2%7

Gulfport69.2 mi away

2%7

Collins21.2 mi away

1%5

Ellisville18.1 mi away

1%4

Wiggins39.3 mi away

1%4

Brookhaven63.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%121

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

How far

How far Rawls Springs commutes

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

59%

14%

20%

59%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rawls Springs is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.13 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Rawls Springs are

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

Jobs based in Rawls Springs

55 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Rawls Springs residents hold

434 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+17%

Jobs based in Rawls Springs, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 55. 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.