Most of Arkabutla commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 15 jobs in Arkabutla for 103 working residents. Hardly any work in Arkabutla itself; outside it, Memphis draws the most (19%, 30 miles). The average commute takes 32 minutes each way (Mississippi 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Arkabutla for work, and who comes in
On a workday 103 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Arkabutla on a workday afternoon, 44% 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.
Where Arkabutla’s working residents head each day
Where Arkabutla clocks in
19% of workers
14% of workers
13% 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.
The kinds of work in Arkabutla
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 Arkabutla’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Arkabutla: about 32 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arkabutla workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 159 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Arkabutla
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 Arkabutla: questions
What is the median household income in Arkabutla?
$94,318 (±$50,167) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arkabutla?
0.0%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arkabutla?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arkabutla work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Memphis (19%, 30 mi), Southaven (14%, 19 mi), Hernando (13%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Arkabutla 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 Arkabutla, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arkabutla
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.