Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Jumpertown has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Only 2% work in Jumpertown; the top destination outside it is Booneville (35%, 6 miles). Jumpertown has 50 jobs for 175 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 23 minutes (Mississippi 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Jumpertown
On a workday 172 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Jumpertown on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Where Jumpertown goes to work
Where Jumpertown clocks in
35% of workers
15% of workers
8% 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 Jumpertown: what the 50 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jumpertown, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 50. 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 Jumpertown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way for Jumpertown’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jumpertown workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 146 commuters (the 1% 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.
Where in the region Jumpertown works
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 Jumpertown: questions
What is the median household income in Jumpertown?
$44,583 (±$11,041) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jumpertown?
22.2%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jumpertown?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jumpertown work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Booneville (35%, 6 mi), Tupelo (15%, 30 mi), Corinth (8%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jumpertown 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 Jumpertown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jumpertown
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.