Beechwood has lower unemployment (0.4%) than 98% of U.S. towns
Beechwood has 532 jobs for 1,208 working residents. Jobs and income earn Beechwood B; getting around on foot earns it D. The trip to work takes 20 minutes on average, next to 26 for Mississippi and 26 for the U.S. Measured by household income, Beechwood is ahead of 70% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Beechwood and work: the main findings
Beechwood and Vicksburg trade workers both ways
Vicksburg is the top workplace for Beechwood residents (43%) and also where the most people who work in Beechwood come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Beechwood are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Mississippi. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Mississippi worker. Time on the road ↓
The jobs in Beechwood pay better than its residents’ jobs
58% of the jobs based in Beechwood pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 43% of the jobs Beechwood residents hold. 95% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Beechwood. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Beechwood than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Beechwood fell from 742 in 2013 to 532 in 2023, −28%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Beechwood: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Beechwood is better than 63% of U.S. towns, #13 of 99 in Mississippi. Unemployment holds Beechwood’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (15.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Beechwood could be anywhere from B− to A−.
43% of working residents work in Vicksburg
Where Beechwood clocks in
43% of workers
8% 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.
Each way, about 20 minutes from Beechwood
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beechwood workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,623 commuters (the 10% 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.
The kinds of work in Beechwood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beechwood, 2013 → 2023: 742 → 532. 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 Beechwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Beechwood on a workday
On a workday 1,179 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 503 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Beechwood on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.44 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.
How many miles Beechwood commutes
About 19% 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.
In Beechwood, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Beechwood is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns, #94 of 101 in Mississippi. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 1.8% across Mississippi.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,806 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Beechwood households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Beechwood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,112 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600, Beechwood comes 1,551st on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 601 | Bridgetown MS | 3,195 | $139K | 1.0% | 5.8% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 960 | Gluckstadt MS | 3,500 | $124K | 5.3% | 5.4% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,023 | New Hope MS | 3,952 | $80K | 2.9% | 1.2% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,549 | Lake Township MI | 3,348 | $83K | 10.4% | 2.6% | 9% | B |
| 1,550 | Wheatland NY | 4,798 | $83K | 11.2% | 4.0% | 8% | B |
| 1,551 | Beechwood MS | 4,168 | $92K | 15.3% | 0.4% | 2% | B |
| 1,552 | Hiram GA | 5,585 | $85K | 12.0% | 3.8% | 5% | B |
| 1,553 | Pomfret CT | 4,378 | $108K | 6.0% | 5.4% | 13% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Beechwood, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
43% of Beechwood works in a town next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Vicksburg. Darker towns draw more of Beechwood’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Beechwood: questions
What is the median household income in Beechwood?
$91,600 (±$10,904) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beechwood?
15.3%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beechwood?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beechwood work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vicksburg (43%, 4 mi), Jackson (8%, 35 mi), Flowood (2%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Beechwood walkable?
Beechwood is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Beechwood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beechwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beechwood
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.