Photo: Magnolia677 · CC BY 4.0Calhoun City has lower household incomes than 96% of U.S. towns
About one in ten stay in Calhoun City for work; outside it, Houston is the main destination (6%, 18 miles). Below the poverty line: 15.7% of residents, next to 18.9% across Mississippi. The two grades for Calhoun City are D for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Calhoun City, in a few figures
Fewer than half of Calhoun City workers earn over $40,000 a year
40% of Calhoun City’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 19% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Calhoun City pay little
29% of the jobs based in Calhoun City pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Calhoun City workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 26 across Mississippi. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 609 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Calhoun City
On income, poverty and job access, Calhoun City is better than 5% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Calhoun City’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($40,078, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (6.2%) is left out: Calhoun City’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Calhoun City could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Inside Calhoun City’s 405 jobs
405 jobs are based in Calhoun City.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Calhoun City, 2013 → 2023: 382 → 405. 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 Calhoun City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Calhoun City: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Calhoun City workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 634 commuters (the <1% 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.
Calhoun City on a workday afternoon
On a workday 557 residents head out to work, 52 work right here, and 353 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Calhoun City on a workday afternoon, 14% 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.
Commuting out of Calhoun City: the destinations
Where Calhoun City clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
How far Calhoun City’s workers travel
About 28% 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.
Most of Calhoun City commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Calhoun City is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns. 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 635 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). 7.3% of Calhoun City households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Calhoun City’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Calhoun City ranks: 5,660th of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,786 | DeLisle MS | 1,906 | $72K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,098 | Arnold Line MS | 1,859 | $54K | 16.0% | 0.0% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,175 | Columbus AFB MS | 1,293 | $70K | 6.3% | 1.9% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,658 | Archer FL | 1,159 | $41K | 38.1% | 7.0% | 1% | D |
| 5,659 | Sturgis KY | 1,637 | $37K | 16.4% | 4.0% | 4% | D |
| 5,660 | Calhoun City MS | 1,459 | $40K | 15.7% | 6.2% | 9% | D |
| 5,661 | Morrisville NY | 1,795 | $50K | 19.6% | 7.2% | 8% | D |
| 5,662 | Decatur TN | 1,637 | $43K | 34.3% | 23.1% | 18% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Calhoun City, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
Calhoun City and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Calhoun City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calhoun City | – | D | C− | 31 min | $40,078 |
| Derma | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Derma: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Calhoun City’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 Calhoun City: questions
What is the median household income in Calhoun City?
$40,078 (±$13,252) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Calhoun City?
15.7%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Calhoun City?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Calhoun City work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (6%, 18 mi), Oxford (6%, 36 mi), Bruce (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Calhoun City walkable?
Calhoun City is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Calhoun City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Calhoun City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Calhoun City
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.