Photo: Fredlyfish4 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Grenada have lower incomes than those in 92% of U.S. towns
About two in five work in Grenada itself; outside it, Greenwood draws the most (4%, 29 miles). Below the poverty line: 26.6% of residents; Mississippi has 18.9%. Jobs and income earn Grenada D; getting around on foot earns it C+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Grenada stands out on work
Commutes from Grenada are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 26 across Mississippi. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Mississippi worker. Time on the road ↓
Grenada is where the jobs are
Grenada has 7,909 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Fewer than half of Grenada workers earn over $40,000 a year
40% of Grenada’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 20% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Grenada draws workers from far and wide
The 7,909 jobs in Grenada are filled from a wide area. Grenada’s own residents hold 27% and the ten next-biggest home towns 12%; the other 61% come from many towns beyond those. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Grenada
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Grenada is better than 6% of U.S. towns, #83 of 99 in Mississippi. Job access by car holds Grenada’s grade up (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Grenada could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Commuting from Grenada: about 17 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Grenada workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,036 commuters (the 4% 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.
Grenada by day and by night
On a workday 2,575 residents head out to work, 2,106 work right here, and 5,803 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15,000 people are in Grenada on a workday afternoon, 27% more than live here.
1.7 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.
Grenada makes things: 32% of its jobs are in goods
7,909 jobs are based in Grenada.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Grenada, 2013 → 2023: 7,945 → 7,909. 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 Grenada’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Grenada’s workers come from
Where Grenada clocks in
4% of workers
4% 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.
Where in the region Grenada works
About 31% 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.
Getting around Grenada: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Grenada is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns, #57 of 101 in Mississippi. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 1.8% across Mississippi.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,251 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). 10.0% of Grenada households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Grenada’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Grenada sits among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 1,339 | Diamondhead MS | 9,441 | $87K | 7.0% | 4.2% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,401 | Flowood MS | 11,003 | $84K | 13.4% | 4.1% | 15% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,610 | Byram MS | 12,707 | $70K | 9.1% | 5.4% | 4% | B− |
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| 2,625 | Benton Harbor MI | 8,803 | $31K | 40.1% | 21.6% | 7% | D |
| 2,626 | Woodlake CA | 8,073 | $46K | 25.3% | 11.0% | 13% | D |
| 2,627 | Grenada MS | 12,088 | $46K | 26.6% | 7.1% | 45% | D |
| 2,628 | Elk City OK | 11,335 | $51K | 22.8% | 8.4% | 46% | D |
| 2,629 | Cambridge MD | 13,457 | $47K | 26.4% | 8.7% | 26% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Grenada, 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 Grenada: questions
What is the median household income in Grenada?
$46,303 (±$6,750) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Grenada?
26.6%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Grenada?
17 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Grenada work?
45% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenwood (4%, 29 mi), Jackson (4%, 104 mi), Oxford (3%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Grenada walkable?
Grenada is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Grenada without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Grenada, from the people who make the trip.
More of Grenada
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.