Work & commute · Wesson

Work & commute in Wesson, MS

Most working residents leave Wesson for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Brookhaven (16%), Jackson (9%) and Hazlehurst (7%). Half commute less than 38 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41 of 676 working residents

Typical commute

38 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 635 Wesson residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 236 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wesson.

635live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

236work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wesson goes to work

Brookhaven8.7 mi away

16%107

Jackson43.9 mi away

9%58

Hazlehurst11.3 mi away

7%45

Wesson (in town)right here

6%41

Ridgeland51.8 mi away

4%24

McComb31.8 mi away

3%20

Flowood47.8 mi away

3%18

Richland39.2 mi away

2%11

Hattiesburg69 mi away

2%11

Crystal Springs20.2 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%331

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

How far

How far Wesson commutes

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

26%

16%

30%

28%

26%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wesson is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wesson are

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

Jobs based in Wesson

277 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Wesson residents hold

676 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−57%

Jobs based in Wesson, 2013 → 2023: 638 → 277. 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.