Photo: Dofftoubab · CC BY-SA 4.0Work means Hattiesburg for about two in five of Eastabuchie’s working residents
Only 1% work in Eastabuchie itself; outside it, Hattiesburg draws the most (44%, 9 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 6% for Mississippi as a whole. 116 jobs are based in Eastabuchie; 73 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Eastabuchie
On a workday 72 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 115 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Eastabuchie on a workday afternoon, 52% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Eastabuchie’s workers come from
Where Eastabuchie clocks in
44% of workers
4% 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.
89% of the jobs in Eastabuchie pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eastabuchie, 2014 → 2024: 78 → 116. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Eastabuchie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Eastabuchie
of Eastabuchie workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 52 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.
Half of Eastabuchie commutes less than 11 miles
About 21% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Eastabuchie: questions
What is the median household income in Eastabuchie?
$124,861 (±$33,799) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eastabuchie?
22.0%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Eastabuchie work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Eastabuchie 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 Eastabuchie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eastabuchie
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.