Photo: Radiohead band · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Magee have lower incomes than those in 93% of U.S. towns
32.3% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 18.9% for Mississippi as a whole. The two grades for Magee are C− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. About one in five stay in Magee for work; outside it, Jackson is the main destination (8%, 42 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Magee, in brief
Magee is where the jobs are
Magee has 3,374 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 5,800 people are in town, 48% more than the 3,900 who live here. Day and night ↓
Magee’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Magee is Jackson, 42 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (123) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer than half of Magee workers earn over $40,000 a year
38% of Magee’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 20% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
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.
Why Magee gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Magee is better than 17% of U.S. towns, #49 of 99 in Mississippi. Unemployment holds Magee’s grade up (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Magee could be anywhere from D− to C+.
In and out of Magee on a workday
On a workday 1,216 residents head out to work, 288 work right here, and 3,086 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,800 people are in Magee on a workday afternoon, 48% more than live here.
2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far it is to work from Magee
About 18% 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 work there is in Magee: 3,374 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Magee, 2013 → 2023: 3,989 → 3,374. 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 Magee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into Magee
Where Magee clocks in
8% of workers
5% 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.
From Magee, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Magee workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,763 commuters (the 0% 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.
Magee is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Magee is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #12 of 101 in Mississippi. Both inputs place Magee near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,763 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). 11.0% of Magee households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Magee’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,680th of 4,364: where Magee ranks among U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 625 | Bridgetown MS | 3,195 | $139K | 1.0% | 5.8% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 996 | Gluckstadt MS | 3,500 | $124K | 5.3% | 5.4% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,062 | New Hope MS | 3,952 | $80K | 2.9% | 1.2% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,678 | Woodward Township PA | 3,911 | $62K | 15.5% | 4.9% | 5% | C− |
| 3,679 | East St. Clair Township PA | 2,922 | $42K | 17.6% | 4.1% | 8% | C− |
| 3,680 | Magee MS | 3,904 | $44K | 32.3% | 3.3% | 19% | C− |
| 3,681 | Raymond WA | 3,235 | $49K | 13.8% | 3.6% | 16% | C− |
| 3,682 | Kaunakakai HI | 4,360 | $76K | 13.7% | 6.7% | 39% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,364 | 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 Magee, 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 Magee: questions
What is the median household income in Magee?
$44,488 (±$14,736) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Magee?
32.3%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Magee?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Magee work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (8%, 42 mi), Hattiesburg (5%, 46 mi), Mendenhall (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Magee walkable?
Magee is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Magee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Magee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Magee
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.