Work & commute · Vaiden

Work & commute in Vaiden, MS

Most working residents leave Vaiden for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Greenwood (16%), Winona (9%) and Grenada (5%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 231 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 227 Vaiden residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vaiden.

227live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

118work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vaiden goes to work

Greenwood28.6 mi away

16%37

Winona11 mi away

9%21

Grenada31.2 mi away

5%12

Jackson75.2 mi away

3%6

North Carrollton16.1 mi away

2%4

Vaiden (in town)right here

2%4

Indianola52 mi away

2%4

Greenville75.1 mi away

2%4

Olive Branch112.3 mi away

2%4

Memphis, TN123.4 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%131

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

How far

How far Vaiden commutes

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

23%

32%

41%

4%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vaiden is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vaiden are

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

Jobs based in Vaiden

122 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Vaiden residents hold

231 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−29%

Jobs based in Vaiden, 2013 → 2023: 172 → 122. 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.