Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Flora have lower incomes than those in 98% of U.S. towns
Flora grades D for jobs and income and D for walkability. The poverty rate is 27.9%, where Mississippi as a whole has 18.9%. About one in ten work in Flora itself; outside it, Jackson draws the most (25%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Flora: the gist
Flora fills up on a workday
Flora has 2,344 jobs, 3.7 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,400 people are in town, more than double the 1,700 who live here. Day and night ↓
Nearly all the work in Flora is services
94% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 2% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Flora pay better than its residents’ jobs
69% of the jobs based in Flora pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 52% of the jobs Flora residents hold. 98% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Flora. 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; with 633 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Flora’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Flora is better than 12% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Flora’s grade up (ahead of 58% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($36,513, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (5.7%) is left out: Flora’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, Flora could be anywhere from D to C.
The daily commute in and out of Flora
On a workday 582 residents head out to work, 51 work right here, and 2,293 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,400 people are in Flora on a workday afternoon, 102% more than live here.
3.7 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.
In Flora, services account for most jobs
2,344 jobs are based in Flora.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Flora, 2013 → 2023: 1,820 → 2,344. 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 Flora’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into Flora
Where Flora clocks in
25% of workers
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.
Commuting from Flora: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Flora workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 859 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Flora
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.
For most of Flora, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Flora is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Flora 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 919 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 13.5% of Flora households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Flora’s commuters take a bus or train.
Flora is 4,634th of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,756 | Lynchburg MS | 2,161 | $89K | 7.1% | 10.2% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,772 | DeLisle MS | 1,906 | $72K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,805 | Sumrall MS | 2,299 | $70K | 4.4% | 6.9% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,632 | Black Canyon City AZ | 2,181 | $47K | 13.3% | 10.5% | 5% | D |
| 4,633 | Greenfield IA | 2,070 | $57K | 14.3% | 0.3% | 35% | D |
| 4,634 | Flora MS | 1,677 | $37K | 27.9% | 5.7% | 8% | D |
| 4,635 | Kahoka MO | 1,962 | $48K | 11.0% | 9.3% | 35% | D |
| 4,636 | Mount Jackson VA | 2,040 | $52K | 16.3% | 8.2% | 17% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Flora, 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 Flora: questions
What is the median household income in Flora?
$36,513 (±$3,197) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Flora?
27.9%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Flora?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Flora work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (25%, 17 mi), Ridgeland (12%, 12 mi), Madison (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Flora walkable?
Flora is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Flora without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Flora, from the people who make the trip.
More of Flora
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.