Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Kearney Park works elsewhere
There are 49 jobs in Kearney Park for 441 working residents. Only 1% work in Kearney Park; the top destination outside it is Jackson (27%, 20 miles). At home: 29% of workers have no commute at all (Mississippi 6%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Kearney Park
Kearney Park is a place people come home to
There are 49 jobs based in Kearney Park, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kearney Park has about 93 people in it, 81% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Kearney Park works from home
29% of Kearney Park workers work from home, against 6% across Mississippi. 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 441 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Kearney Park: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 436 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 93 people are in Kearney Park on a workday afternoon, 81% 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.
Working from home in Kearney Park
of Kearney Park workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 87 commuters (the 29% 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 places Kearney Park commutes to
Where Kearney Park clocks in
27% of workers
7% 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.
Goods jobs make up 88% of work in Kearney Park
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kearney Park, 2013 → 2023: 78 → 49. 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 Kearney Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Kearney Park commutes less than 19 miles
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 Kearney Park: questions
What is the poverty rate in Kearney Park?
12.4%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Kearney Park work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (27%, 20 mi), Ridgeland (11%, 15 mi), Madison (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kearney Park 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 Kearney Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kearney Park
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.