With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Independence works elsewhere
Home is the office for 0% of workers (Mississippi 6%). Employers in Independence report 36 jobs for 83 working residents. Hardly any work in Independence itself; outside it, Memphis draws the most (19%, 29 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Independence, and who commutes in
On a workday 83 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 86 people are in Independence on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 places Independence commutes to
Where Independence clocks in
19% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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.
Jobs in Independence: what the 36 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Independence, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 36. 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 Independence’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Independence
of Independence workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24 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.
How many miles Independence commutes
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Independence workers work outside Mississippi. The job records count 19% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Independence: questions
What is the poverty rate in Independence?
48.1%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Independence work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Memphis (19%, 29 mi), Hernando (11%, 14 mi), Olive Branch (11%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Independence 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 Independence, from the people who make the trip.
More of Independence
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.