Franklin County Courthouse · Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 4.2 jobs in Meadville for every working resident, and 680 people commute in
Employers in Meadville report 702 jobs, and 166 of its residents work somewhere. About one in seven work in Meadville; the top destination outside it is Brookhaven (13%, 28 miles). 17% of workers work from home, where Mississippi as a whole has 6%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Meadville by day and by night
On a workday 144 residents head out to work and 22 work right here.
About 980 people are in Meadville on a workday afternoon, 120% more than live here.
4.2 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.
The towns that send workers to Meadville
Where Meadville clocks in
13% of workers
5% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Meadville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Meadville, 2013 → 2023: 587 → 702. 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 Meadville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Meadville: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Meadville workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 135 commuters (the 17% 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.
How far it is to work from Meadville
About 38% 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 Meadville: questions
What is the median household income in Meadville?
$56,472 (±$4,437) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Meadville?
11.1%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Meadville?
34 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Meadville work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brookhaven (13%, 28 mi), Bude (7%, 2 mi), Hattiesburg (5%, 94 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Meadville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Meadville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Meadville
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.