Olive Branch has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
0% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Illinois. 45 jobs are based in Olive Branch for 229 working residents. Only 3% stay in Olive Branch for work; outside it, Cape Girardeau is the main destination (17%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Olive Branch, in a few figures
Olive Branch is a place people come home to
There are 45 jobs based in Olive Branch, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Olive Branch has about 320 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Olive Branch workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Illinois. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 229 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Olive Branch on a workday
On a workday 221 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 37 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Olive Branch on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The daily trip from Olive Branch: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Olive Branch workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 205 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Olive Branch, by distance
About 30% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Out of Olive Branch to work: where people go
Where Olive Branch clocks in
17% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Factories, building and farms: 33% of the jobs in Olive Branch
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Olive Branch, 2013 → 2023: 32 → 45. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Olive Branch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Olive Branch: questions
What is the poverty rate in Olive Branch?
30.1%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Olive Branch?
29 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Olive Branch work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cape Girardeau (17%, 14 mi), Cairo (5%, 15 mi), Anna (4%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Olive Branch without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Olive Branch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Olive Branch
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.