Photo: Magnolia677 · CC BY 4.0Lula has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
13% of workers work from home, next to 6% for Mississippi as a whole. There are 6 jobs in Lula, against 45 working residents. Hardly any work in Lula; the top destination outside it is Clarksdale (18%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Lula
On a workday 45 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 6 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Lula on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Out of Lula to work: where people go
Where Lula clocks in
18% of workers
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Lula
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lula, 2013 → 2023: 88 → 6. 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 Lula’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Lula takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lula workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 82 commuters (the 13% 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.
Miles to work from Lula
About 43% 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 Lula: questions
What is the median household income in Lula?
$36,250 (±$19,370) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lula?
30.4%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lula?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lula work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clarksdale (18%, 19 mi), Memphis (9%, 54 mi), Southaven (4%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lula without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 27% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lula, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lula
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.