Southaven

City Commute Profile

Southaven, MS

Where Southaven’s 28,359 resident workers go each day — 17.2% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Memphis.

MississippiLODES 2023 data
60
Commute Score

60 / 100

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

Southaven at a glance
Employed Residents
28,359
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
11.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
17.2%
Share working within the area
Work from home
9.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Memphis
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Southaven 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 Southaven 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.

Southaven

28,359 commutes, one dot at a time

Southaven

Where 28,359 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Memphis11.3 mi10,894
2Southaven0.0 mi4,878
3Olive Branch7.7 mi3,101
4Hernando8.1 mi1,684
5Horn Lake4.3 mi926
6Collierville17.4 mi557
7Tunica Resorts20.5 mi336
8Germantown13.9 mi324

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Southaven.

1Memphis11.3 mi5,302
2Southaven0.0 mi4,878
3Horn Lake4.3 mi2,191
4Olive Branch7.7 mi2,073
5Hernando8.1 mi1,141
6Senatobia23.8 mi319
7Jackson182.3 mi241
8Bartlett20.3 mi206

Top industries

The sectors that employ Southaven’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%)
RTRetail Trade20.9%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance18.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services16.0%
TRTransportation and Warehousing11.5%
WSWholesale Trade7.4%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services7.2%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services3.5%
PAPublic Administration2.7%
FIFinance and Insurance2.2%

Southaven city profile

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

Population
56,226
Median age
36.2yrs
Median household income
$78,483
Median home value
$236,300
Median gross rent
$1,445/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
28.8%
Poverty rate
12.6%

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 Southaven

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

4 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps88%
See all internet providers in Southaven

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