Work & commute · Slate Springs

Work & commute in Slate Springs, MS

Most working residents leave Slate Springs for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Bruce (11%), Grenada (9%) and Big Creek (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 35 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

50 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 33 Slate Springs residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Slate Springs.

33live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Slate Springs goes to work

Bruce17.3 mi away

11%4

Grenada25.2 mi away

9%3

Big Creek7.6 mi away

6%2

Slate Springs (in town)right here

6%2

Jackson109.8 mi away

6%2

Pittsboro13.9 mi away

3%1

Charleston43.1 mi away

3%1

Vardaman14.9 mi away

3%1

Sardis56.9 mi away

3%1

Eupora14.8 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%17

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

How far

How far Slate Springs commutes

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

18%

32%

26%

24%

18%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Slate Springs is a job hub

2.00jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Slate Springs are

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

Jobs based in Slate Springs

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Slate Springs residents hold

35 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−25%

Jobs based in Slate Springs, 2013 → 2023: 93 → 70. 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.