Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]) · CC BY 3.0Most of Crenshaw commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Crenshaw; the top destination outside it is Batesville (15%, 20 miles). There are 39 jobs in Crenshaw, against 245 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 41 minutes (Mississippi 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Crenshaw, in brief
Crenshaw is a place people come home to
There are 39 jobs based in Crenshaw, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Crenshaw has about 400 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Crenshaw workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 26 across Mississippi. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 115 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 245 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Crenshaw on a workday
On a workday 245 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Crenshaw on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Time on the road from Crenshaw: about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crenshaw workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 194 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.
The towns that employ Crenshaw’s residents
Where Crenshaw clocks in
15% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Crenshaw: what the 39 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Crenshaw, 2013 → 2023: 77 → 39. 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 Crenshaw’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Crenshaw
About 22% 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 Crenshaw: questions
What is the median household income in Crenshaw?
$36,673 (±$1,938) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crenshaw?
21.2%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crenshaw?
41 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crenshaw work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Batesville (15%, 20 mi), Senatobia (7%, 14 mi), Olive Branch (7%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crenshaw 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 Crenshaw, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crenshaw
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.