Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY-SA 4.0Metcalfe has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 4% work in Metcalfe; the top destination outside it is Greenville (35%, 6 miles). There are 51 jobs in Metcalfe, and 234 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 22 minutes each way; Mississippi averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Metcalfe apart
Metcalfe and Greenville trade workers both ways
Greenville is the top workplace for Metcalfe residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Metcalfe come from (25% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Metcalfe is a place people come home to
There are 51 jobs based in Metcalfe, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Metcalfe has about 550 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% 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 234 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Metcalfe to work: where people go
Where Metcalfe clocks in
35% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Metcalfe
On a workday 225 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 550 people are in Metcalfe on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
How far Metcalfe goes to work
About 30% 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 Metcalfe’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Metcalfe, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 51. 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 Metcalfe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Metcalfe’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Metcalfe workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 296 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.
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 Metcalfe: questions
What is the poverty rate in Metcalfe?
29.3%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Metcalfe?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Metcalfe work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (35%, 6 mi), Jackson (7%, 91 mi), Indianola (6%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Metcalfe without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Metcalfe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Metcalfe
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.