Leakesville has lower household incomes than 61% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Leakesville is better than 9% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (D). 20.4% of residents are in poverty; Mississippi has 18.9%. About one in seven work in Leakesville itself; outside it, Hattiesburg draws the most (8%, 46 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Leakesville, in brief
Leakesville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 48 minutes each way, against 26 across Mississippi. Over a year that’s about 368 hours of commuting, 169 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Leakesville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Leakesville is Hattiesburg, 46 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (57) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
47% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 711 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Leakesville gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Household income holds Leakesville’s grade up ($68,428, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (14.2%) is left out: Leakesville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Leakesville could be anywhere from D− to C+.
Commuting from Leakesville: about 48 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leakesville workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 494 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.
How far Leakesville goes to work
About 47% 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.
Leakesville by day and by night
On a workday 604 residents head out to work, 107 work right here, and 873 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Leakesville to work: where people go
Where Leakesville clocks in
8% of workers
4% 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.
Leakesville is a services town
980 jobs are based in Leakesville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leakesville, 2013 → 2023: 965 → 980. 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 Leakesville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Leakesville walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 1.8% across Mississippi.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 500 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.3% of Leakesville households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Leakesville’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000, and where Leakesville sits
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 612 | Bridgetown MS | 3,195 | $139K | 1.0% | 5.8% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 965 | Gluckstadt MS | 3,500 | $124K | 5.3% | 5.4% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,027 | New Hope MS | 3,952 | $80K | 2.9% | 1.2% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,953 | Sparta IL | 4,022 | $52K | 24.4% | 6.3% | 28% | D |
| 3,954 | Shenandoah IA | 4,808 | $60K | 21.0% | 6.4% | 38% | D |
| 3,955 | Leakesville MS | 3,732 | $68K | 20.4% | 14.2% | 15% | D |
| 3,956 | Summersville WV | 3,297 | $57K | 20.3% | 6.3% | 31% | D |
| 3,957 | Salina UT | 2,640 | $64K | 15.7% | 10.5% | 24% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Leakesville, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
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 Leakesville: questions
What is the median household income in Leakesville?
$68,428 (±$22,381) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leakesville?
20.4%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leakesville?
48 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leakesville work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hattiesburg (8%, 46 mi), Lucedale (4%, 15 mi), Jackson (4%, 126 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Leakesville walkable?
Leakesville is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Leakesville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leakesville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leakesville
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.