Work & commute · Shannon

Work & commute in Shannon, MS

Most working residents leave Shannon for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Tupelo (40%), Oxford (3%) and Verona (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 613 working residents

Typical commute

11 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 590 Shannon residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 968 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shannon.

590live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

968work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shannon goes to work

Tupelo11 mi away

40%245

Shannon (in town)right here

4%23

Oxford50.9 mi away

3%17

Verona5.4 mi away

2%12

Fulton19.6 mi away

2%12

Pontotoc20.3 mi away

2%11

Saltillo18.4 mi away

2%10

Okolona8.2 mi away

1%9

Ecru24.9 mi away

1%8

New Albany32.1 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%258

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

How far

How far Shannon commutes

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

40%

33%

11%

16%

40%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shannon is a job hub

1.62jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shannon are

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

Jobs based in Shannon

991 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)77%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Shannon residents hold

613 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+183%

Jobs based in Shannon, 2013 → 2023: 350 → 991. 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.