Work & commute · Waynesboro

Work & commute in Waynesboro, MS

About one in 3 of Waynesboro’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Laurel (22%), Hattiesburg (5%) and Jackson (3%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

507 of 1,632 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,125 Waynesboro residents head out of town to work, 507 work right here, and 2,946 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waynesboro.

1,125live here, work elsewhere

507live and work here

2,946work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waynesboro goes to work

Waynesboro (in town)right here

31%507

Laurel30.3 mi away

22%359

Hattiesburg47.7 mi away

5%80

Jackson102.5 mi away

3%43

Ellisville34.4 mi away

2%29

Meridian48.9 mi away

1%24

Quitman25.7 mi away

1%22

Petal42.1 mi away

1%19

Gulfport90.7 mi away

1%14

Columbia75.6 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%522

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

How far

How far Waynesboro commutes

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

33%

38%

26%

33%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

38%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waynesboro is a job hub

2.12jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waynesboro are

3,453 jobs are based in Waynesboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waynesboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waynesboro

3,453 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Waynesboro residents hold

1,632 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−6%

Jobs based in Waynesboro, 2013 → 2023: 3,690 → 3,453. 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.