Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Bentonia
Working residents average 32 minutes each way, next to 26 for Mississippi and 26 for the U.S. Only 2% stay in Bentonia for work; outside it, Yazoo City is the main destination (23%, 15 miles). 78 jobs are based in Bentonia, against 116 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Bentonia for work, and who comes in
On a workday 114 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Bentonia on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.67 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.
Where Bentonia goes to work
Where Bentonia clocks in
23% of workers
9% of workers
4% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 78% of the jobs in Bentonia
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bentonia, 2013 → 2023: 215 → 78. 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 Bentonia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Bentonia: about 32 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bentonia workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 71 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 Bentonia goes to work
About 20% 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 Bentonia: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bentonia?
24.8%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bentonia?
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 Bentonia work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Yazoo City (23%, 15 mi), Jackson (9%, 24 mi), Flora (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bentonia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bentonia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bentonia
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.