Photo: DanielPenfield · CC BY-SA 4.0Enterprise draws 387 commuters a day, with 2.5 jobs for every working resident
Commuters spend 34 minutes getting to work on average, where Mississippi has 26 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Enterprise report 401 jobs, and 160 of its residents work somewhere. About one in ten stay in Enterprise for work; outside it, Meridian is the main destination (39%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Enterprise, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 146 residents head out to work and 14 work right here.
About 720 people are in Enterprise on a workday afternoon, 51% more 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.
Where Enterprise’s workforce comes from
Where Enterprise clocks in
39% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
In Enterprise, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Enterprise, 2013 → 2023: 160 → 401. 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 Enterprise’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 34 minutes from Enterprise
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Enterprise workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 183 commuters (the 4% 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.
Where in the region Enterprise works
About 25% 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.
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 Enterprise: questions
What is the median household income in Enterprise?
$63,125 (±$13,756) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Enterprise?
9.1%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Enterprise?
34 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Enterprise work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Meridian (39%, 16 mi), Quitman (6%, 11 mi), Laurel (3%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Enterprise without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Enterprise, from the people who make the trip.
More of Enterprise
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.