Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Harperville
100.0% of residents are in poverty, where Mississippi as a whole has 18.9%. Hardly any stay in Harperville for work; outside it, Forest is the main destination (19%, 9 miles). No jobs are based in Harperville in the Census job records; 95 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Harperville by day
On a workday 95 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 97 people are in Harperville on a workday afternoon, 49% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where the trip to work from Harperville ends
Where Harperville clocks in
11% 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.
The commute from Harperville, by distance
About 16% 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.
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 Harperville: questions
What is the poverty rate in Harperville?
100.0%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Harperville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Forest (19%, 9 mi), Jackson (11%, 44 mi), Morton (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harperville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harperville
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.