Work & commute · Ruleville

Work & commute in Ruleville, MS

Most working residents leave Ruleville for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (16%), Indianola (8%) and Greenwood (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

147 of 888 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 741 Ruleville residents head out of town to work, 147 work right here, and 813 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ruleville.

741live here, work elsewhere

147live and work here

813work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ruleville goes to work

Ruleville (in town)right here

17%147

Cleveland10.3 mi away

16%138

Indianola19.8 mi away

8%75

Greenwood25 mi away

3%30

Greenville37.3 mi away

3%25

Jackson99.3 mi away

2%20

Boyle10.1 mi away

2%15

Olive Branch94.2 mi away

2%14

Drew6 mi away

1%13

Rosedale29.8 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%398

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

How far

How far Ruleville commutes

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

31%

34%

16%

19%

31%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ruleville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ruleville are

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

Jobs based in Ruleville

960 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Ruleville residents hold

888 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month36%

−8%

Jobs based in Ruleville, 2013 → 2023: 1,044 → 960. 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.