Work & commute · Southaven

Work & commute in Southaven, MS

Most working residents leave Southaven for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Memphis (39%), Olive Branch (11%) and Hernando (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

4,432 of 26,506 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 22,074 Southaven residents head out of town to work, 4,432 work right here, and 19,960 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southaven.

22,074live here, work elsewhere

4,432live and work here

19,960work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southaven goes to work

Memphis, TN10.9 mi away

39%10,330

Southaven (in town)right here

17%4,432

Olive Branch7.7 mi away

11%2,884

Hernando7.1 mi away

6%1,624

Horn Lake4.1 mi away

3%856

Collierville, TN17.2 mi away

2%533

Tunica Resorts21.4 mi away

1%315

Germantown, TN14.2 mi away

1%307

Bartlett, TN21.4 mi away

1%253

Jackson182.6 mi away

1%225

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%4,747

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

How far

How far Southaven commutes

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

50%

36%

10%

50%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southaven is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Southaven are

24,392 jobs are based in Southaven. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Southaven’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Southaven

24,392 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Southaven residents hold

26,506 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+31%

Jobs based in Southaven, 2013 → 2023: 18,570 → 24,392. 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.