Work & commute · Ripley

Work & commute in Ripley, MS

Most working residents leave Ripley for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Tupelo (7%), New Albany (6%) and Memphis (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

412 of 2,204 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 1,792 Ripley residents head out of town to work, 412 work right here, and 2,115 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ripley.

1,792live here, work elsewhere

412live and work here

2,115work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ripley goes to work

Ripley (in town)right here

19%412

Tupelo34.2 mi away

7%146

New Albany17.5 mi away

6%136

Memphis, TN63.9 mi away

4%99

Ecru27.3 mi away

2%54

Corinth28.1 mi away

2%44

Pontotoc33.8 mi away

2%43

Booneville21.5 mi away

2%42

Olive Branch53.5 mi away

2%39

Blue Mountain6.7 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,157

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

How far

How far Ripley commutes

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

36%

19%

24%

20%

36%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ripley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ripley are

2,527 jobs are based in Ripley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ripley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ripley

2,527 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Ripley residents hold

2,204 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−2%

Jobs based in Ripley, 2013 → 2023: 2,567 → 2,527. 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.