Jackson

City Commute Profile

Jackson, MS

Where Jackson’s 60,537 resident workers go each day — 44.9% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Ridgeland.

MississippiLODES 2023 data
74
Commute Score

74 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Jackson at a glance
Employed Residents
60,537
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
8.2mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
44.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
8.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Ridgeland
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Jackson proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Jackson commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Jackson

60,537 commutes, one dot at a time

Jackson

Where 60,537 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Jackson, by worker count.

1Jackson0.0 mi27,198
2Ridgeland8.2 mi4,787
3Flowood7.1 mi4,324
4Pearl6.8 mi2,468
5Clinton7.4 mi1,795
6Madison11.4 mi1,682
7Richland6.9 mi1,136
8Brandon12.4 mi962

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Jackson.

1Jackson0.0 mi27,198
2Clinton7.4 mi4,266
3Madison11.4 mi4,214
4Ridgeland8.2 mi3,842
5Brandon12.4 mi3,379
6Pearl6.8 mi3,211
7Byram10.1 mi2,425
8Flowood7.1 mi1,516

Top industries

The sectors that employ Jackson’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance27.0%
PAPublic Administration11.9%
EDEducational Services11.1%
RTRetail Trade7.6%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services7.5%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.1%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.9%
FIFinance and Insurance4.0%
WSWholesale Trade3.3%

Jackson city profile

Who lives in Jackson — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
146,631
Median age
34.5yrs
Median household income
$42,071
Median home value
$111,700
Median gross rent
$1,055/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
28.8%
Poverty rate
27.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Jackson

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps93%
8 Gbps48%
See all internet providers in Jackson

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).