Work & commute · Starkville

Work & commute in Starkville, MS

About one in 3 of Starkville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Columbus (6%), Tupelo (3%) and West Point (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

2,607 of 8,506 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 5,899 Starkville residents head out of town to work, 2,607 work right here, and 10,094 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Starkville.

5,899live here, work elsewhere

2,607live and work here

10,094work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Starkville goes to work

Starkville (in town)right here

31%2,607

Columbus24.4 mi away

6%531

Tupelo56 mi away

3%276

West Point13.9 mi away

3%233

Jackson112.9 mi away

2%181

Mississippi State2.2 mi away

2%154

Louisville26.9 mi away

1%92

Meridian75 mi away

1%75

Oxford73.6 mi away

1%59

Ridgeland105.6 mi away

1%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%4,240

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

How far

How far Starkville commutes

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

53%

13%

28%

53%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Starkville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Starkville are

12,701 jobs are based in Starkville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Starkville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Starkville

12,701 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Starkville residents hold

8,506 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+8%

Jobs based in Starkville, 2013 → 2023: 11,803 → 12,701. 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.