Work & commute · Vardaman

Work & commute in Vardaman, MS

Most working residents leave Vardaman for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Houston (11%), Bruce (6%) and Tupelo (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 468 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 443 Vardaman residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 181 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vardaman.

443live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

181work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vardaman goes to work

Houston10 mi away

11%52

Bruce12.2 mi away

6%26

Vardaman (in town)right here

5%25

Tupelo37 mi away

4%21

Oxford38.4 mi away

4%20

Calhoun City8 mi away

3%15

Ecru33.3 mi away

3%15

Pontotoc27.3 mi away

2%11

Jackson123.7 mi away

2%10

Shannon32.1 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%264

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

How far

How far Vardaman commutes

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

29%

17%

32%

22%

29%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vardaman is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vardaman are

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

Jobs based in Vardaman

206 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Vardaman residents hold

468 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)48%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−39%

Jobs based in Vardaman, 2013 → 2023: 340 → 206. 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.