Maben has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 31% of workers, the job is at home, next to 6% for Mississippi as a whole. 29 jobs are based in Maben, and 294 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Maben; the top destination outside it is Starkville (23%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Maben at work: what stands out
Maben is a place people come home to
There are 29 jobs based in Maben, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Maben has about 510 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Maben
31% of Maben workers work from home, against 6% across Mississippi. Time on the road ↓
Maben and Starkville trade workers both ways
Starkville is the top workplace for Maben residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Maben come from (10% of its jobs). 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; with 294 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Maben quiets down on a workday
On a workday 294 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Maben on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Time on the road from Maben: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maben workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 208 commuters (the 31% 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.
Out of Maben to work: where people go
Where Maben clocks in
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.
Making and building: 28% of jobs based in Maben
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Maben, 2013 → 2023: 203 → 29. 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 Maben’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Maben
About 34% 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 Maben: questions
What is the median household income in Maben?
$29,158 (±$3,091) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maben?
37.8%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maben?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maben work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Starkville (23%, 16 mi), Columbus (6%, 39 mi), Tupelo (4%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Maben without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 37% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maben, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maben
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.