Fernwood has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any stay in Fernwood for work; outside it, McComb is the main destination (20%, 4 miles). 18 jobs are based in Fernwood; 121 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers have no commute at all (Mississippi 6%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Fernwood
On a workday 120 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Fernwood on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
Where people from Fernwood work
Where Fernwood clocks in
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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Fernwood
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fernwood, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 18. 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 Fernwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Fernwood
of Fernwood workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10 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.
How many miles Fernwood commutes
About 40% 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.
Work next door: 13% of Fernwood’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Magnolia. Darker towns draw more of Fernwood’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 Fernwood: questions
What is the median household income in Fernwood?
$91,125 (±$69,475) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fernwood?
21.1%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Fernwood work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McComb (20%, 4 mi), Magnolia (13%, 2 mi), Jackson (5%, 79 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fernwood 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 Fernwood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fernwood
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.