With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of McCool works elsewhere
Hardly any work in McCool; the top destination outside it is Kosciusko (23%, 17 miles). Employers in McCool report 8 jobs; 30 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 27% 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
A workday in McCool: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 30 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 78 people are in McCool on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 out of McCool: the destinations
Where McCool clocks in
23% of workers
10% 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.
A place that makes things: 50% of McCool’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McCool, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 8. 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 McCool’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from McCool: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McCool workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19 commuters (the 27% 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.
McCool’s commute, mile by mile
About 27% 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 McCool: questions
What is the median household income in McCool?
$53,750 (±$21,878) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McCool?
26.9%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McCool?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McCool work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kosciusko (23%, 17 mi), Jackson (10%, 79 mi), French Camp (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around McCool without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McCool, from the people who make the trip.
More of McCool
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.