Photo: Kevin C Magee 101234 · CC BY-SA 4.0D'Lo has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
The average commute takes 31 minutes each way, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 9 jobs are based in D'Lo; 130 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in D'Lo; the top destination outside it is Jackson (16%, 29 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in D'Lo, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 130 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in D'Lo on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 D'Lo goes to work
Where D'Lo clocks in
16% of workers
12% 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.
What D'Lo’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in D'Lo, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 9. 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 D'Lo’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from D'Lo: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of D'Lo 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from D'Lo
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 D'Lo: questions
What is the median household income in D'Lo?
$31,667 (±$6,076) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in D'Lo?
39.3%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from D'Lo?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in D'Lo work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (16%, 29 mi), Mendenhall (12%, 3 mi), Magee (7%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around D'Lo 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 D'Lo, from the people who make the trip.
More of D'Lo
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.