Artesia has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Artesia has 13 jobs, against 122 working residents. Hardly any work in Artesia itself; outside it, Columbus draws the most (31%, 15 miles). The average commute takes 21 minutes each way, next to 26 for Mississippi and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Artesia for work, and who comes in
On a workday 122 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Artesia on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Out of Artesia to work: where people go
Where Artesia clocks in
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.
What Artesia’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Artesia, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 13. 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 Artesia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Mississippi
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Artesia workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 106 commuters (the 5% 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.
Artesia’s commute, mile by mile
About 30% 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 Artesia: questions
What is the median household income in Artesia?
$19,620 (±$13,612) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Artesia?
36.8%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Artesia?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Artesia work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Columbus (31%, 15 mi), Starkville (10%, 11 mi), Tupelo (5%, 59 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Artesia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Artesia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Artesia
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.