Work & commute · Walls

Work & commute in Walls, MS

Most working residents leave Walls for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Memphis (35%), Southaven (14%) and Olive Branch (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 629 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 626 Walls residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 244 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walls.

626live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

244work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walls goes to work

Memphis, TN16.8 mi away

35%218

Southaven10.7 mi away

14%87

Olive Branch18.4 mi away

8%50

Hernando11 mi away

7%43

Horn Lake6.7 mi away

5%33

Tunica Resorts11.4 mi away

4%24

Collierville, TN27.7 mi away

1%7

Bartlett, TN28.8 mi away

1%7

Jackson180.3 mi away

1%6

Tupelo93.1 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%148

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

How far

How far Walls commutes

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

17%

63%

14%

17%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walls is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Walls are

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

Jobs based in Walls

247 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Walls residents hold

629 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−42%

Jobs based in Walls, 2013 → 2023: 425 → 247. 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.