Work & commute · Weir

Work & commute in Weir, MS

Most working residents leave Weir for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Ackerman (14%), Louisville (7%) and Starkville (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 174 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 165 Weir residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 223 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weir.

165live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

223work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weir goes to work

Ackerman8 mi away

14%25

Louisville16.9 mi away

7%12

Starkville30.4 mi away

7%12

Weir (in town)right here

5%9

Eupora19.5 mi away

3%6

Jackson84.3 mi away

2%4

Columbus54 mi away

2%3

Greenville101.8 mi away

2%3

French Camp6.4 mi away

1%2

Lexington44.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%96

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

How far

How far Weir commutes

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

36%

21%

17%

26%

36%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weir is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Weir are

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

Jobs based in Weir

232 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)96%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Weir residents hold

174 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+40%

Jobs based in Weir, 2013 → 2023: 166 → 232. 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.