Ford House · Photo: James Butters · Public domainBaxterville at work: jobs, income and the commute
0% of workers have no commute at all, where Mississippi as a whole has 6%. Hardly any work in Baxterville; the top destination outside it is Hattiesburg (31%, 22 miles). 56 jobs are based in Baxterville, against 85 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Baxterville by day and by night
On a workday 85 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 56 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.
0.66 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.
The places Baxterville commutes to
Where Baxterville clocks in
31% of workers
16% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Baxterville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baxterville, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 56. 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 Baxterville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Baxterville
of Baxterville workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 278 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.
Baxterville’s commute, mile by mile
About 25% 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 Baxterville: questions
What is the median household income in Baxterville?
$45,839 (±$30,363) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baxterville?
44.6%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Baxterville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hattiesburg (31%, 22 mi), Purvis (16%, 11 mi), Columbia (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Baxterville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Baxterville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Baxterville
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.