Cotesworth · Photo: James Butters · Public domainHousehold incomes in Eupora are lower than in 83% of U.S. towns
About one in five stay in Eupora for work; outside it, Starkville is the main destination (8%, 27 miles). The poverty rate is 23.0%, next to 18.9% for Mississippi as a whole. Eupora grades 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
Where Eupora stands out on work
Eupora is where the jobs are
Eupora has 1,178 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Eupora’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Eupora is Starkville, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (59) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 763 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Eupora’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Eupora is better than 6% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Eupora’s grade.
Unemployment (18.8%) is left out: Eupora’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Eupora could be anywhere from D− to C−.
The daily commute in and out of Eupora
On a workday 589 residents head out to work, 174 work right here, and 1,004 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Eupora on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
1.5 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Eupora
About 36% 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.
Where the people who work in Eupora live
Where Eupora clocks in
4% 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.
What Eupora’s employers do
1,178 jobs are based in Eupora.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eupora, 2013 → 2023: 1,179 → 1,178. 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 Eupora’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Eupora: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eupora workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 576 commuters (the 8% 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.
Getting around Eupora: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eupora is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Eupora near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 627 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). 13.0% of Eupora households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eupora’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Eupora compares with U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,749 | Guntown MS | 2,616 | $96K | 9.8% | 3.4% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,823 | Lynchburg MS | 2,161 | $89K | 7.1% | 10.2% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,835 | DeLisle MS | 1,906 | $72K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,954 | Hinckley MN | 1,992 | $51K | 19.7% | 6.8% | 25% | D |
| 4,955 | Ackerman MS | 1,536 | $48K | 21.3% | 23.6% | 16% | D |
| 4,956 | Eupora MS | 2,116 | $54K | 23.0% | 18.8% | 23% | D |
| 4,957 | Collins MS | 2,232 | $38K | 38.3% | 5.3% | 24% | D |
| 4,958 | Great Falls SC | 1,960 | $30K | 31.1% | 3.6% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Eupora, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
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 Eupora: questions
What is the median household income in Eupora?
$53,793 (±$19,570) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eupora?
23.0%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eupora?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eupora work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Starkville (8%, 27 mi), Tupelo (4%, 59 mi), Grenada (4%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eupora walkable?
Eupora is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eupora without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eupora, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eupora
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.