Work & commute · Tupelo

Work & commute in Tupelo, MS

53% of Tupelo’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Oxford (2%), New Albany (2%) and Pontotoc (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53%

8,349 of 15,820 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 7,471 Tupelo residents head out of town to work, 8,349 work right here, and 30,942 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tupelo.

7,471live here, work elsewhere

8,349live and work here

30,942work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tupelo goes to work

Tupelo (in town)right here

53%8,349

Oxford46.3 mi away

2%318

New Albany22.5 mi away

2%287

Pontotoc15.8 mi away

2%242

Saltillo7.9 mi away

2%240

Ecru17.6 mi away

1%194

Fulton18.9 mi away

1%186

Corinth48.5 mi away

1%171

Shannon11 mi away

1%166

Jackson159.8 mi away

1%156

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%5,511

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

How far

How far Tupelo commutes

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

61%

15%

16%

61%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tupelo is a job hub

2.48jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tupelo are

39,291 jobs are based in Tupelo. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tupelo’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tupelo

39,291 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Tupelo residents hold

15,820 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−4%

Jobs based in Tupelo, 2013 → 2023: 40,741 → 39,291. 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.