Dumas has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Dumas; the top destination outside it is Ripley (26%, 9 miles). Employers in Dumas report 38 jobs, against 218 working residents. The average commute takes 35 minutes each way, 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
Dumas at work: what stands out
Dumas is a place people come home to
There are 38 jobs based in Dumas, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dumas has about 270 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Dumas and Ripley trade workers both ways
Ripley is the top workplace for Dumas residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Dumas come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Dumas workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 26 across Mississippi. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 69 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 218 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How a workday changes Dumas
On a workday 216 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Dumas on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
Out of Dumas to work: where people go
Where Dumas clocks in
26% of workers
6% 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.
About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of Mississippi
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dumas workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 147 commuters (the 5% 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.
A place that makes things: 61% of Dumas’ jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dumas, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 38. 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 Dumas’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Dumas to work
About 19% 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 Dumas: questions
What is the median household income in Dumas?
$56,500 (±$13,517) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dumas?
13.5%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dumas?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dumas work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ripley (26%, 9 mi), Tupelo (6%, 26 mi), New Albany (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dumas without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dumas, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dumas
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.