Where Vicksburg earns its living
About one in five stay in Vicksburg for work; outside it, Phoenix is the main destination (11%, 100 miles). Working from home is the commute for 35% of workers (Arizona 18%). The average commute takes 15 minutes each way; Arizona averages 25, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Vicksburg on a workday afternoon
On a workday 147 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).
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 Vicksburg goes to work
Where Vicksburg clocks in
11% 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.
Making and building: 71% of jobs based in Vicksburg
206 jobs are based in Vicksburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vicksburg, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 206. 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 Vicksburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Vicksburg: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vicksburg workers work from home, vs 18% across Arizona. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 128 commuters (the 35% who work from home are left out). Across Arizona: 82% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Vicksburg
About 58% 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.
Work next door: 10% of Vicksburg’s workers
The biggest share goes to Utting (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vicksburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vicksburg | – | — | — | 15 min | $62,895 |
| Utting | 6% | — | — | — | — |
| Brenda | 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Utting and Brenda: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vicksburg’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 Vicksburg: questions
What is the median household income in Vicksburg?
$62,895 (±$35,435) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $79,964 across Arizona and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vicksburg?
10.8%, against 12.5% across Arizona and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vicksburg?
15 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Arizona and 26 nationally. 35% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vicksburg work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Phoenix (11%, 100 mi), Utting (6%, 10 mi), Las Vegas (6%, 191 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Vicksburg 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 Vicksburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vicksburg
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.