Work & commute · Tchula

Work & commute in Tchula, MS

Most working residents leave Tchula for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (10%), Greenwood (9%) and Canton (4%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 491 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 484 Tchula residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tchula.

484live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

81work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tchula goes to work

Jackson59.9 mi away

10%47

Greenwood22.8 mi away

9%45

Canton41.9 mi away

4%20

Lexington11 mi away

2%12

Gluckstadt45.9 mi away

2%12

Yazoo City24.6 mi away

2%11

Indianola30.5 mi away

2%9

Tchula (in town)right here

1%7

Clinton57.7 mi away

1%7

Richland65.9 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

64%315

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

How far

How far Tchula commutes

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

30%

29%

33%

8%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tchula is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tchula are

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

Jobs based in Tchula

88 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Tchula residents hold

491 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month34%

−33%

Jobs based in Tchula, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 88. 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.