Amos Deason House · Photo: Librarylady2726 · CC BY-SA 3.0Ellisville has some of the lowest household incomes of any U.S. town
Poverty touches 22.9% of residents, next to 18.9% for Mississippi as a whole. Household incomes here are among the lowest in the country. The two grades for Ellisville are D for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Ellisville, in brief
Ellisville is where the jobs are
Ellisville has 2,928 jobs, 2.0 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Ellisville are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Mississippi. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Mississippi worker. Time on the road ↓
29% of Ellisville works in Laurel
429 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Laurel, 7.4 miles away across the town line. That’s 3 times as many as work in Ellisville itself. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Ellisville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Ellisville fell from 3,960 in 2013 to 2,928 in 2023, −26%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Ellisville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ellisville is better than 7% of U.S. towns, #79 of 99 in Mississippi. Job access by car holds Ellisville’s grade up (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($32,100, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ellisville could be anywhere from D to C−.
Ellisville fills up on a workday
On a workday 1,319 residents head out to work, 155 work right here, and 2,773 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,900 people are in Ellisville on a workday afternoon, 33% more than live here.
2.0 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 2023, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Ellisville: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ellisville workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,131 commuters (the 7% 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 daily trip into Ellisville
Where Ellisville clocks in
29% of workers
11% of workers
3% 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 2,928 jobs based in Ellisville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ellisville, 2013 → 2023: 3,960 → 2,928. 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 Ellisville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Ellisville commutes
About 29% 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.
In Ellisville, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ellisville is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns, #18 of 101 in Mississippi. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 1.8% across Mississippi, on an EPA index of 7.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,215 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 12.5% of Ellisville households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Ellisville’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 3,100 to 6,000, and where Ellisville sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 611 | Bridgetown MS | 3,195 | $139K | 1.0% | 5.8% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 956 | Gluckstadt MS | 3,500 | $124K | 5.3% | 5.4% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,017 | New Hope MS | 3,952 | $80K | 2.9% | 1.2% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,754 | Kaplan LA | 4,116 | $40K | 35.3% | 8.8% | 12% | D |
| 3,755 | Perham MN | 3,746 | $50K | 19.1% | 8.9% | 45% | D |
| 3,756 | Ellisville MS | 4,473 | $32K | 22.9% | 10.9% | 11% | D |
| 3,757 | Big Stone Gap VA | 5,102 | $55K | 26.2% | 7.0% | 18% | D |
| 3,758 | Heber-Overgaard AZ | 3,621 | $59K | 11.8% | 16.4% | 17% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,000 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ellisville, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
Bordering towns draw 29% of Ellisville’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ellisville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellisville | – | D | B+ | 19 min | $32,100 |
| Laurel | 29% | C− | B− | 16 min | $47,661 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Laurel. Darker towns draw more of Ellisville’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 Ellisville: questions
What is the median household income in Ellisville?
$32,100 (±$10,785) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ellisville?
22.9%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ellisville?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ellisville work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Laurel (29%, 7 mi), Hattiesburg (11%, 21 mi), Jackson (3%, 77 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ellisville walkable?
Ellisville is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ellisville without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ellisville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ellisville
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.