Cleary has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Cleary; the top destination outside it is Jackson (28%, 11 miles). There are 37 jobs in Cleary; 723 of its residents have a job. Getting around Cleary on foot earns D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Cleary: the gist
Cleary is a place people come home to
There are 37 jobs based in Cleary, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cleary has about 1,600 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
28% of Cleary works in Jackson
203 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Jackson, 11 miles away. That’s far more as work in Cleary itself. The commute map ↓
Cleary workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Mississippi. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 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 723 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Cleary by day
On a workday 722 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Cleary on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 Cleary work
Where Cleary clocks in
28% 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.
Commuting from Cleary: about 32 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cleary workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 785 commuters (the 4% 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.
Jobs in Cleary: what the 37 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cleary, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 37. 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 Cleary’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Cleary 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.
Most of Cleary commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cleary is more walkable than 15% 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 817 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). 6.8% of Cleary households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cleary’s commuters take a bus or train.
Work in the towns next to Cleary
The biggest share goes to Florence (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Cleary’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 Cleary: questions
What is the poverty rate in Cleary?
15.3%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cleary?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cleary work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (28%, 11 mi), Flowood (10%, 14 mi), Richland (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cleary walkable?
Cleary is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cleary 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 Cleary, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cleary
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.