Brooksville has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 1% stay in Brooksville for work; outside it, Macon is the main destination (15%, 8 miles). 121 jobs are based in Brooksville, against 258 working residents. Commuters spend 35 minutes getting to work on average, next to 26 for Mississippi and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Brooksville, in a few figures
Fewer jobs are based in Brooksville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Brooksville fell from 319 in 2013 to 121 in 2023, −62%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% 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 ↓
Brooksville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 26 across Mississippi. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 258 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What Brooksville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brooksville, 2013 → 2023: 319 → 121. 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 Brooksville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Brooksville, by distance
About 35% 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.
Commuting from Brooksville: about 35 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brooksville workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 177 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Mississippi: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The workday shuffle in and out of Brooksville
On a workday 255 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere.
About 720 people are in Brooksville on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
Out of Brooksville to work: where people go
Where Brooksville clocks in
15% 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.
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 Brooksville: questions
What is the median household income in Brooksville?
$22,438 (±$16,641) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brooksville?
45.1%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brooksville?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brooksville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Macon (15%, 8 mi), Columbus (7%, 21 mi), Starkville (4%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brooksville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brooksville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brooksville
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.