Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY-SA 4.0Earning a living in Alligator
No jobs are based in Alligator in the Census job records; 29 of its residents work elsewhere. Hardly any work in Alligator itself; outside it, Cleveland draws the most (21%, 24 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 6% for Mississippi as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Alligator
On a workday 29 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 76 people are in Alligator on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Out of Alligator to work: where people go
Where Alligator clocks in
21% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
Working from home in Alligator
of Alligator workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 40 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.
How far Alligator’s workers travel
About 45% 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 Alligator: questions
What is the poverty rate in Alligator?
37.9%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Alligator work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (21%, 24 mi), Mound Bayou (7%, 14 mi), Bruce (7%, 79 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Alligator without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 31% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alligator, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alligator
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.