Photo: Michaelswikiusername · CC BY 3.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Algoma works elsewhere
Algoma has 12 jobs, and 304 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Algoma for work; outside it, Pontotoc is the main destination (28%, 5 miles). The average commute takes 24 minutes each way, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Algoma apart
Algoma is a place people come home to
There are 12 jobs based in Algoma, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Algoma has about 430 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
28% of Algoma works in Pontotoc
86 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Pontotoc, 5.2 miles away. That’s far more as work in Algoma itself. 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 304 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Algoma, and who commutes in
On a workday 304 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 430 people are in Algoma on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
Commuting out of Algoma: the destinations
Where Algoma clocks in
28% of workers
14% of workers
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.
Jobs in Algoma: what the 12 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Algoma’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Algoma takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Algoma workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 374 commuters (the 4% 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 Algoma goes to work
About 20% 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 Algoma: questions
What is the median household income in Algoma?
$58,125 (±$23,767) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Algoma?
5.0%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Algoma?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Algoma work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pontotoc (28%, 5 mi), Tupelo (14%, 19 mi), Ecru (4%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Algoma 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 Algoma, from the people who make the trip.
More of Algoma
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.