Photo: Dofftoubab · CC BY-SA 4.0Where Heidelberg earns its living
Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average, next to 26 for Mississippi and 26 for the U.S. About one in ten work in Heidelberg itself; outside it, Laurel draws the most (34%, 17 miles). Heidelberg has 325 jobs, against 207 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Heidelberg, in a few figures
One in three of Heidelberg works in Laurel
71 working residents, 34%, have their main job in Laurel, 17 miles away. That’s 3 times as many as work in Heidelberg itself. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Heidelberg than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Heidelberg fell from 534 in 2013 to 325 in 2023, −39%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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 207 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily trip into Heidelberg
Where Heidelberg clocks in
34% of workers
6% 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.
What Heidelberg’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Heidelberg, 2013 → 2023: 534 → 325. 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 Heidelberg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Heidelberg
On a workday 183 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 301 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Heidelberg on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
1.6 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.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Heidelberg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Heidelberg workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 241 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.
The commute from Heidelberg, by distance
About 22% 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 Heidelberg: questions
What is the median household income in Heidelberg?
$49,896 (±$9,303) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Heidelberg?
27.6%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Heidelberg?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Heidelberg work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Laurel (34%, 17 mi), Jackson (6%, 77 mi), Meridian (4%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Heidelberg 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 Heidelberg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Heidelberg
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.