Work & commute · Ridgeland

Work & commute in Ridgeland, MS

Most working residents leave Ridgeland for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (35%), Flowood (7%) and Madison (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

1,754 of 10,230 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 8,476 Ridgeland residents head out of town to work, 1,754 work right here, and 23,326 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridgeland.

8,476live here, work elsewhere

1,754live and work here

23,326work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridgeland goes to work

Jackson8 mi away

35%3,582

Ridgeland (in town)right here

17%1,754

Flowood8 mi away

7%729

Madison3.9 mi away

5%519

Pearl11.3 mi away

3%269

Canton14.2 mi away

2%236

Gluckstadt8 mi away

2%195

Brandon14.2 mi away

2%169

Clinton11.5 mi away

1%146

Flora12.1 mi away

1%144

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%2,487

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

How far

How far Ridgeland commutes

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

66%

19%

12%

66%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridgeland is a job hub

2.45jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridgeland are

25,080 jobs are based in Ridgeland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ridgeland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ridgeland

25,080 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Ridgeland residents hold

10,230 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+18%

Jobs based in Ridgeland, 2013 → 2023: 21,254 → 25,080. 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.