Work & commute · Shaw

Work & commute in Shaw, MS

Most working residents leave Shaw for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Cleveland (19%), Greenville (11%) and Jackson (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 370 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 357 Shaw residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 90 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shaw.

357live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

90work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shaw goes to work

Cleveland10.2 mi away

19%70

Greenville22.1 mi away

11%39

Jackson94.6 mi away

5%17

Indianola12.9 mi away

4%16

Shaw (in town)right here

4%13

Rosedale23.7 mi away

3%12

Hollandale29.8 mi away

3%10

Memphis, TN113.8 mi away

2%9

Greenwood33.6 mi away

2%7

Mound Bayou19.5 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%171

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

How far

How far Shaw commutes

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

14%

49%

29%

14%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shaw is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Shaw are

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

Jobs based in Shaw

103 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Shaw residents hold

370 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month35%

−54%

Jobs based in Shaw, 2013 → 2023: 226 → 103. 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.