Most of Hatley commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Commuters spend 36 minutes getting to work on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 25 jobs are based in Hatley, against 212 working residents. Hardly any work in Hatley itself; outside it, Amory draws the most (25%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Hatley apart
Hatley is a place people come home to
There are 25 jobs based in Hatley, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hatley has about 300 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Hatley and Amory trade workers both ways
Amory is the top workplace for Hatley residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Hatley come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Hatley workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 26 across Mississippi. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 212 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily commute in and out of Hatley
On a workday 210 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Hatley on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
The towns that employ Hatley’s residents
Where Hatley clocks in
25% of workers
14% of workers
13% 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.
Each way, about 36 minutes from Hatley
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hatley workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 196 commuters (the 12% 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.
The kinds of work in Hatley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hatley, 2013 → 2023: 19 → 25. 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 Hatley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Hatley, by distance
About 18% 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 Hatley: questions
What is the median household income in Hatley?
$63,523 (±$25,620) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hatley?
9.3%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hatley?
36 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hatley work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Amory (25%, 4 mi), Tupelo (14%, 27 mi), Aberdeen (13%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hatley 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 Hatley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hatley
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.