Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY-SA 4.0Where Crowder earns its living
33% of workers work from home (Mississippi 6%). Hardly any stay in Crowder for work; outside it, Batesville is the main destination (17%, 16 miles). Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average, next to 26 for Mississippi and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Crowder
On a workday 191 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Crowder on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Where Crowder goes to work
Where Crowder clocks in
17% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
Getting to work from Crowder takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crowder workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 100 commuters (the 33% 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 commute from Crowder, by distance
About 37% 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 Crowder: questions
What is the median household income in Crowder?
$27,273 (±$9,911) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crowder?
36.6%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crowder?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crowder work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Batesville (17%, 16 mi), Marks (7%, 10 mi), Clarksdale (5%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crowder without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crowder, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crowder
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.