Photo: Ron Cogswell · CC BY 2.0Corinth’s household incomes are lower than in 93% of U.S. towns
About one in three work in Corinth; the top destination outside it is Tupelo (7%, 48 miles). The poverty rate is 18.7%, where Mississippi as a whole has 18.9%. Corinth grades C− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Corinth
Corinth is where the jobs are
Corinth has 8,296 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Corinth draws workers from far and wide
The 8,296 jobs in Corinth are filled from a wide area. Corinth’s own residents hold 22% and the ten next-biggest home towns 11%; the other 67% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Corinth are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Mississippi. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Mississippi 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.
Jobs & income in Corinth: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Corinth is better than 17% of U.S. towns, #50 of 99 in Mississippi. Unemployment holds Corinth’s grade up (4.7%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($44,226, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Corinth could be anywhere from D to C+.
Who commutes out of Corinth, and who commutes in
On a workday 3,319 residents head out to work, 1,795 work right here, and 6,501 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18,000 people are in Corinth on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 in to Corinth: where workers come from
Where Corinth clocks in
7% of workers
4% of workers
1% 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.
About 19 minutes each way for Corinth’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Corinth workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,689 commuters (the 5% 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.
What the 8,296 jobs in Corinth are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Corinth, 2013 → 2023: 9,782 → 8,296. 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 Corinth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Corinth
About 24% 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.
Few in Corinth walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Corinth is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #25 of 101 in Mississippi. Both inputs place Corinth near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,005 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). 16.3% of Corinth households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Corinth’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Corinth sits among U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 867 | Hernando MS | 18,824 | $77K | 8.8% | 2.5% | 19% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,016 | Ocean Springs MS | 18,993 | $80K | 5.5% | 4.2% | 23% | B+ |
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| 1,201 | Flowood MS | 11,003 | $84K | 13.4% | 4.1% | 15% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,017 | Darby PA | 10,666 | $40K | 30.0% | 18.5% | 2% | C− |
| 2,018 | Fulton NY | 11,188 | $52K | 23.5% | 6.5% | 18% | C− |
| 2,019 | Corinth MS | 14,345 | $44K | 18.7% | 4.7% | 35% | C− |
| 2,020 | King City CA | 14,002 | $67K | 23.0% | 5.4% | 23% | C− |
| 2,021 | Berwick PA | 10,297 | $50K | 16.5% | 6.6% | 20% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | 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 Corinth, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
Around Corinth: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Corinth workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corinth | – | C− | B | 19 min | $44,226 |
| Farmington | under 1% | C+ | D− | 20 min | $57,151 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Corinth’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 Corinth: questions
What is the median household income in Corinth?
$44,226 (±$4,353) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Corinth?
18.7%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Corinth?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Corinth work?
35% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tupelo (7%, 48 mi), Booneville (4%, 20 mi), Selmer (1%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Corinth walkable?
Corinth is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Corinth without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Corinth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Corinth
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.