With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Lyman works elsewhere
For jobs and income Lyman is better than 33% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (D−). Employers in Lyman report 196 jobs, against 892 working residents. Home is the office for 15% of workers, where Mississippi as a whole has 6%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lyman: the figures worth knowing
42% of Lyman works in Gulfport
376 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Gulfport, 7.1 miles away across the town line. That’s 42 times as many as work in Lyman itself. The commute map ↓
Lyman is a place people come home to
There are 196 jobs based in Lyman, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lyman has about 1,600 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Lyman are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 26 across Mississippi. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Mississippi worker. 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 892 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Lyman’s grade
Job access by car holds Lyman’s grade up (ahead of 51% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: Lyman’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lyman could be anywhere from D to B+.
42% of working residents work in Gulfport
Where Lyman clocks in
42% of workers
14% 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.
Lyman quiets down on a workday
On a workday 883 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 187 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Lyman on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Commuting from Lyman: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lyman workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 631 commuters (the 15% 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.
Jobs in Lyman: what the 196 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lyman, 2013 → 2023: 190 → 196. 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 Lyman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Lyman
About 15% 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.
For most of Lyman, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 744 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). 3.3% of Lyman households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lyman’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Lyman ranks: 3,254th of 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,785 | Guntown MS | 2,616 | $96K | 9.8% | 3.4% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,859 | Lynchburg MS | 2,161 | $89K | 7.1% | 10.2% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,871 | DeLisle MS | 1,906 | $72K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,252 | Brady Township PA | 1,899 | $67K | 9.6% | 7.0% | 3% | C |
| 3,253 | Pine Air FL | 2,258 | $56K | 26.0% | 3.6% | 1% | C |
| 3,254 | Lyman MS | 2,298 | $75K | 20.8% | 2.0% | 1% | C |
| 3,255 | Spirit Lake ID | 2,485 | $65K | 6.7% | 3.7% | 4% | C |
| 3,256 | Bedford PA | 2,817 | $41K | 12.5% | 2.6% | 15% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Lyman, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
Bordering towns draw 42% of Lyman’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Gulfport. Darker towns draw more of Lyman’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Lyman: questions
What is the median household income in Lyman?
$75,455 (±$36,206) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lyman?
20.8%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lyman?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lyman work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gulfport (42%, 7 mi), Biloxi (14%, 13 mi), Long Beach (3%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lyman walkable?
Lyman is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lyman without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lyman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lyman
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.