Photo: Dofftoubab · CC BY-SA 4.0Work means Meridian for more than half of Nellieburg’s working residents
For jobs and income Nellieburg is better than 13% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (D). Poverty touches 34.7% of residents, next to 18.9% for Mississippi as a whole. Household incomes here are lower than in 73% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Nellieburg stands out on work
More than half of Nellieburg works in Meridian
236 working residents, 51%, have their main job in Meridian, 5.4 miles away across the town line. That’s 51 times as many as work in Nellieburg itself. The commute map ↓
Nellieburg is a place people come home to
There are 120 jobs based in Nellieburg, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Nellieburg has about 850 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Nellieburg residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. 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 465 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Nellieburg’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Nellieburg’s grade up (ahead of 38% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Nellieburg’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Nellieburg could be anywhere from D− to C+.
The places Nellieburg commutes to
Where Nellieburg clocks in
51% of workers
3% 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.
Nellieburg by day and by night
On a workday 461 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere.
About 850 people are in Nellieburg on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.26 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
The commute from Nellieburg, by distance
About 25% 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 the 120 jobs in Nellieburg are
120 jobs are based in Nellieburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nellieburg, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 120. 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 Nellieburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Nellieburg, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nellieburg workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 545 commuters (the 1% 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.
Nellieburg is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 552 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). 18.2% of Nellieburg households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Nellieburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Nellieburg ranks 3,387th of 4,312 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,424 | Columbus AFB MS | 1,293 | $70K | 6.3% | 1.9% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,634 | Hurley MS | 1,305 | $133K | 12.6% | 4.7% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,744 | Robinhood MS | 1,298 | $70K | 14.1% | 5.1% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,385 | Hopkinton NY | 1,075 | $61K | 12.9% | 5.4% | 3% | D |
| 3,386 | Discovery Harbour HI | 1,079 | $61K | 12.0% | 10.6% | 0% | D |
| 3,387 | Nellieburg MS | 1,197 | $61K | 34.7% | 3.7% | 1% | D |
| 3,388 | Princeton WI | 1,249 | $54K | 16.8% | 5.5% | 5% | D |
| 3,389 | Campbell Township IN | 1,119 | $72K | 22.9% | 2.6% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Nellieburg, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
The towns next door employ 51% of Nellieburg
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nellieburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nellieburg | – | D | D | 23 min | $60,577 |
| Meridian | 51% | D | B− | 19 min | $36,562 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Meridian. Darker towns draw more of Nellieburg’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 Nellieburg: questions
What is the median household income in Nellieburg?
$60,577 (±$30,677) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nellieburg?
34.7%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nellieburg?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nellieburg work?
1% work in town.
Is Nellieburg walkable?
Nellieburg is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nellieburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Nellieburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nellieburg
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.