Clara has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Employers in Clara report 60 jobs, and 142 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Clara itself; outside it, Waynesboro draws the most (30%, 7 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Mississippi as a whole has 6%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Clara
On a workday 140 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Clara on a workday afternoon, 15% 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 people from Clara work
Where Clara clocks in
30% of workers
16% of workers
8% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Clara
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clara, 2013 → 2023: 78 → 60. 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 Clara’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Clara
of Clara workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 124 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 Clara goes to work
About 23% 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 Clara: questions
What is the median household income in Clara?
$30,645 (±$9,998) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clara?
1.5%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Clara work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waynesboro (30%, 7 mi), Laurel (16%, 28 mi), Hattiesburg (8%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clara without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clara, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clara
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.