Work & commute · Scooba

Work & commute in Scooba, MS

Most working residents leave Scooba for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Meridian (21%), De Kalb (19%) and Jackson (4%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 253 working residents

Typical commute

33 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 244 Scooba residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 193 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scooba.

244live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

193work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scooba goes to work

Meridian33.2 mi away

21%52

De Kalb11.2 mi away

19%48

Jackson107.1 mi away

4%10

Scooba (in town)right here

4%9

Louisville39.1 mi away

2%6

Livingston, AL23.4 mi away

2%5

Ridgeland102 mi away

2%5

Columbus47 mi away

2%4

Macon20.7 mi away

1%3

Philadelphia37.6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%108

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

How far

How far Scooba commutes

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

31%

36%

26%

7%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

36%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scooba is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Scooba are

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

Jobs based in Scooba

202 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Scooba residents hold

253 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−45%

Jobs based in Scooba, 2013 → 2023: 366 → 202. 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.