Work & commute · Tunica

Work & commute in Tunica, MS

Most working residents leave Tunica for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Tunica Resorts (12%), Memphis (10%) and Olive Branch (7%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

41 of 389 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 348 Tunica residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 613 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tunica.

348live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

613work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tunica goes to work

Tunica Resorts10 mi away

12%45

Tunica (in town)right here

11%41

Memphis, TN37.3 mi away

10%37

Olive Branch35.8 mi away

7%26

Southaven29.3 mi away

6%22

Oxford53.4 mi away

4%16

North Tunica1 mi away

4%14

Horn Lake26.2 mi away

2%8

Batesville36.3 mi away

2%7

Jackson164.2 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%166

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

How far

How far Tunica commutes

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

31%

11%

32%

26%

31%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tunica is a job hub

1.68jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tunica are

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

Jobs based in Tunica

654 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Tunica residents hold

389 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month36%

−21%

Jobs based in Tunica, 2013 → 2023: 826 → 654. 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.