With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Lakeview works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Lakeview itself; outside it, Memphis draws the most (27%, 13 miles). Employers in Lakeview report 3 jobs; 103 of its residents have a job. The trip to work takes 29 minutes on average (Mississippi 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Lakeview on a workday
On a workday 103 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Lakeview on a workday afternoon, 17% 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 places Lakeview commutes to
Where Lakeview clocks in
27% of workers
19% of workers
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.
Lakeview is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lakeview, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 3. 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 Lakeview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Lakeview’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lakeview workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 229 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 commute from Lakeview, by distance
About 16% 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 21% of Lakeview workers work outside Mississippi. The job records count 35% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Lakeview: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lakeview?
10.1%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lakeview?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lakeview work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Memphis (27%, 13 mi), Southaven (19%, 9 mi), Olive Branch (15%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lakeview without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lakeview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lakeview
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.