Photo: Kevin C Magee 101234 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Braxton works elsewhere
6 jobs are based in Braxton; 66 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Braxton itself; outside it, Jackson draws the most (15%, 24 miles). A typical one-way commute from Braxton lasts 43 minutes (Mississippi 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Braxton quiets down on a workday
On a workday 66 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Braxton on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Commuting out of Braxton: the destinations
Where Braxton clocks in
15% 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.
Most jobs in Braxton are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Braxton, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 6. 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 Braxton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 43 minutes each way, longer than most of Mississippi
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Braxton workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 96 commuters (the 2% 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 distance from Braxton to work
About 17% 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 Braxton: questions
What is the median household income in Braxton?
$66,806 (±$17,397) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Braxton?
22.8%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Braxton?
43 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Braxton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (15%, 24 mi), Richland (9%, 18 mi), Flowood (8%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Braxton 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 Braxton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Braxton
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.