Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Derma commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Commuters spend 26 minutes getting to work on average; Mississippi averages 26, the U.S. 26. Employers in Derma report 70 jobs, and 323 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Derma for work; outside it, Calhoun City is the main destination (9%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Derma stands out on work
A workday in Derma: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 321 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere.
About 660 people are in Derma on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
The towns that employ Derma’s residents
Where Derma clocks in
9% of workers
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Derma
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Derma, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 70. 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 Derma’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Derma takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Derma workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 285 commuters (the 11% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Derma
About 26% 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.
Next door to Derma
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Derma workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derma | – | — | — | 26 min | $41,071 |
| Calhoun City | 9% | D | C− | 31 min | $40,078 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Calhoun City. Darker towns draw more of Derma’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 Derma: questions
What is the median household income in Derma?
$41,071 (±$7,241) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Derma?
40.3%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Derma?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Derma work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Calhoun City (9%, 2 mi), Oxford (9%, 37 mi), Bruce (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Derma without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Derma, from the people who make the trip.
More of Derma
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.