Dennis has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Dennis has 25 jobs, against 74 working residents. Hardly any work in Dennis; the top destination outside it is Red Bay (14%, 10 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 6% for Mississippi as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Dennis
On a workday 74 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 36 people are in Dennis on a workday afternoon, 58% 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 Dennis work
Where Dennis clocks in
14% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
In Dennis, 36% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dennis, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 25. 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 Dennis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Dennis
of Dennis workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 50 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.
Miles to work from Dennis
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Dennis workers work outside Mississippi. The job records count 16% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Dennis: questions
What is the poverty rate in Dennis?
11.8%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Dennis work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Red Bay (14%, 10 mi), Belmont (11%, 4 mi), Iuka (8%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dennis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dennis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dennis
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.