Photo: NatalieMaynor from Jackson, Mississippi, USA · CC BY 2.0Byram has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Byram report 2,788 jobs; 5,546 of its residents have a job. Byram grades B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. The average commute, 26 minutes each way, matches the Mississippi norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Byram: the figures worth knowing
Byram and Jackson trade workers both ways
Jackson is the top workplace for Byram residents (41%) and also where the most people who work in Byram come from (22% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Byram
56% of Byram residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 36% of the jobs based in Byram pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Byram pay little
27% of the jobs based in Byram pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 32% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. 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.
Byram’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Byram is better than 50% of U.S. towns, #20 of 99 in Mississippi. Job access by car holds Byram’s grade up (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Byram could be anywhere from C to A−.
41% of working residents work in Jackson
Where Byram clocks in
41% 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.
What Byram’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Byram, 2013 → 2023: 2,589 → 2,788. 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 Byram’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Byram: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 5,324 residents head out to work, 222 work right here, and 2,566 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,900 people are in Byram on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
The trip to work from Byram: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Byram workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,554 commuters (the 8% 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 many miles Byram commutes
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.
Driving is how Byram gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Byram is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns, #79 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 6,012 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.0% of Byram households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Byram’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000, Byram comes 1,436th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
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| 1,192 | Diamondhead MS | 9,441 | $87K | 7.0% | 4.2% | 8% | B |
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| 1,245 | Flowood MS | 11,003 | $84K | 13.4% | 4.1% | 15% | B |
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| 1,434 | Country Club Hills IL | 16,215 | $75K | 10.1% | 9.2% | 2% | B− |
| 1,435 | Saraland AL | 16,652 | $62K | 10.1% | 3.6% | 9% | B− |
| 1,436 | Byram MS | 12,707 | $70K | 9.1% | 5.4% | 4% | B− |
| 1,437 | Greenwood AR | 9,793 | $67K | 10.0% | 2.5% | 13% | B− |
| 1,438 | St. Augustine FL | 16,141 | $78K | 14.1% | 3.8% | 27% | B− |
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| 1,446 | Petal MS | 11,694 | $75K | 11.1% | 3.6% | 14% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Byram, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
Byram and its neighbors: 41% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Jackson. Darker towns draw more of Byram’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 Byram: questions
What is the median household income in Byram?
$70,445 (±$6,677) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Byram?
9.1%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Byram?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Byram work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (41%, 10 mi), Flowood (7%, 16 mi), Ridgeland (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Byram walkable?
Byram is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Byram without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Byram, from the people who make the trip.
More of Byram
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.