Work & commute · Taylorsville

Work & commute in Taylorsville, MS

Most working residents leave Taylorsville for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Laurel (12%), Jackson (6%) and Bay Springs (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

44 of 458 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 414 Taylorsville residents head out of town to work, 44 work right here, and 502 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Taylorsville.

414live here, work elsewhere

44live and work here

502work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Taylorsville goes to work

Laurel19.5 mi away

12%57

Taylorsville (in town)right here

10%44

Jackson56.5 mi away

6%28

Bay Springs13.5 mi away

5%23

Collins14.9 mi away

4%18

Raleigh15 mi away

3%13

Magee17.8 mi away

2%11

Meridian57.9 mi away

2%11

Newton38.3 mi away

2%7

Hattiesburg36.9 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%239

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

How far

How far Taylorsville commutes

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

25%

39%

27%

25%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Taylorsville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Taylorsville are

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

Jobs based in Taylorsville

546 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Taylorsville residents hold

458 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−10%

Jobs based in Taylorsville, 2013 → 2023: 604 → 546. 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.