Henry, R.H., Bridge · Photo: Charles Bell · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Bovina commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
57 jobs are based in Bovina, and 181 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Bovina for work; outside it, Vicksburg is the main destination (30%, 8 miles). The trip to work takes 21 minutes on average; Mississippi averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bovina by day and by night
On a workday 181 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 57 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Bovina on a workday afternoon, 48% 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 Bovina’s working residents head each day
Where Bovina clocks in
30% of workers
10% 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 Bovina
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bovina, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 57. 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 Bovina’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Bovina’s commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bovina workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 116 commuters (the 9% 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.
Miles to work from Bovina
About 15% 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 Bovina: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bovina?
3.1%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bovina?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bovina work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vicksburg (30%, 8 mi), Jackson (10%, 31 mi), Richland (3%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bovina 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 Bovina, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bovina
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.