Work & commute · Winona

Work & commute in Winona, MS

About one in 4 of Winona’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Grenada (12%), Greenwood (8%) and Jackson (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

420 of 1,715 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 1,295 Winona residents head out of town to work, 420 work right here, and 1,217 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winona.

1,295live here, work elsewhere

420live and work here

1,217work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winona goes to work

Winona (in town)right here

24%420

Grenada20.7 mi away

12%203

Greenwood27.1 mi away

8%132

Jackson85.9 mi away

3%52

Tupelo78.6 mi away

2%35

Starkville52 mi away

2%33

Oxford60.5 mi away

2%31

Elliott14 mi away

2%29

Ridgeland77.8 mi away

1%25

Columbus76.2 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%733

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

How far

How far Winona commutes

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

31%

18%

15%

35%

31%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

35%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winona is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Winona are

1,637 jobs are based in Winona. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winona’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Winona

1,637 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Winona residents hold

1,715 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−27%

Jobs based in Winona, 2013 → 2023: 2,241 → 1,637. 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.