There are 5.3 jobs in Flowood for every working resident, and 23,002 people commute in
The two grades for Flowood are B for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Flowood has 23,695 jobs, and 4,481 of its residents work somewhere. About one in seven work in Flowood itself; outside it, Jackson draws the most (32%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Flowood apart
Flowood fills up on a workday
Flowood has 23,695 jobs, 5.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 30,000 people are in town, more than double the 11,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Flowood works one town over
38% of working residents work in a town that borders Flowood: Jackson (32%) and Pearl (6%). Next door ↓
Most Flowood residents work close to home
68% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
Flowood draws workers from far and wide
The 23,695 jobs in Flowood are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 39%; the other 58% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
How Flowood earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Flowood is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #15 of 99 in Mississippi. Job access by car holds Flowood’s grade up (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Flowood could be anywhere from C to A.
How a workday changes Flowood
On a workday 3,788 residents head out to work and 693 work right here.
About 30,000 people are in Flowood on a workday afternoon, 175% more than live here.
5.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Flowood commutes less than 8 miles
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.
The towns that send workers to Flowood
Where Flowood clocks in
32% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Flowood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flowood, 2013 → 2023: 17,756 → 23,695. 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 Flowood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Flowood spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flowood workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,924 commuters (the 10% 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.
Most trips from Flowood start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Flowood is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #22 of 101 in Mississippi. Both inputs place Flowood near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,459 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.2% of Flowood households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Flowood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Flowood places 1,300th of 2,507 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,239 | Diamondhead MS | 9,441 | $87K | 7.0% | 4.2% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,298 | Midlothian IL | 13,841 | $70K | 9.8% | 5.3% | 3% | B |
| 1,299 | Lyndon KY | 11,301 | $66K | 9.2% | 4.6% | 5% | B |
| 1,300 | Flowood MS | 11,003 | $84K | 13.4% | 4.1% | 15% | B |
| 1,301 | Ridgefield Park NJ | 13,372 | $101K | 11.9% | 9.9% | 7% | B |
| 1,302 | Washington Township IN | 8,854 | $61K | 7.1% | 2.8% | 24% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,495 | Byram MS | 12,707 | $70K | 9.1% | 5.4% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,504 | Petal MS | 11,694 | $75K | 11.1% | 3.6% | 14% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Flowood, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
Work next door: 38% of Flowood’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Jackson. Darker towns draw more of Flowood’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Flowood: questions
What is the median household income in Flowood?
$83,880 (±$11,072) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flowood?
13.4%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flowood?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flowood work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (32%, 8 mi), Ridgeland (9%, 8 mi), Pearl (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Flowood walkable?
Flowood is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Flowood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Flowood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flowood
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.