Champion Hill Battlefield · Photo: Gilford Photography · Public domainEdwards has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 28 minutes each way (Mississippi 26, U.S. 26). Employers in Edwards report 45 jobs, against 397 working residents. Only 1% work in Edwards; the top destination outside it is Jackson (21%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Edwards
Edwards is a place people come home to
There are 45 jobs based in Edwards, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Edwards has about 570 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Edwards and Jackson trade workers both ways
Jackson is the top workplace for Edwards residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Edwards come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 397 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Edwards quiets down on a workday
On a workday 393 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 570 people are in Edwards on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 Edwards to work: where people go
Where Edwards clocks in
21% 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.
Jobs in Edwards: what the 45 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edwards, 2013 → 2023: 49 → 45. 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 Edwards’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way for Edwards’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edwards workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 317 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.
The distance from Edwards to work
About 16% 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 Edwards: questions
What is the median household income in Edwards?
$34,722 (±$14,666) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edwards?
23.2%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edwards?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edwards work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (21%, 23 mi), Ridgeland (8%, 27 mi), Vicksburg (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Edwards without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Edwards, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edwards
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.