Households in Nettleton have lower incomes than those in 95% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Nettleton D; getting around on foot earns it B. 20.8% of residents live below the poverty line, where Mississippi as a whole has 18.9%. Only 4% work in Nettleton; the top destination outside it is Tupelo (32%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Nettleton apart on work
Fewer jobs are based in Nettleton than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Nettleton fell from 798 in 2013 to 378 in 2023, −53%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
One in three of Nettleton works in Tupelo
219 working residents, 32%, have their main job in Tupelo, 14 miles away. That’s 8 times as many as work in Nettleton itself. The commute map ↓
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 682 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Nettleton
On income, poverty and job access, Nettleton is better than 12% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Nettleton’s grade up (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($41,842, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (6.0%) is left out: Nettleton’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, Nettleton could be anywhere from D to B−.
What Nettleton’s employers do
378 jobs are based in Nettleton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nettleton, 2013 → 2023: 798 → 378. 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 Nettleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Nettleton’s residents
Where Nettleton clocks in
32% of workers
7% 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.
Nettleton quiets down on a workday
On a workday 657 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 353 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Nettleton on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.55 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.
Nettleton’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nettleton workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 699 commuters (the 2% 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.
Nettleton’s commute, mile by mile
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.
In Nettleton, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Nettleton is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 1.8% across Mississippi, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 714 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). 6.5% of Nettleton households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Nettleton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Nettleton is 4,294th of 5,234 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,600 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,710 | Lynchburg MS | 2,161 | $89K | 7.1% | 10.2% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,723 | DeLisle MS | 1,906 | $72K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,756 | Sumrall MS | 2,299 | $70K | 4.4% | 6.9% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,292 | Ponderay ID | 2,024 | $51K | 14.6% | 6.5% | 16% | D |
| 4,293 | Thomson IL | 1,606 | $61K | 21.3% | 8.9% | 5% | D |
| 4,294 | Nettleton MS | 1,934 | $42K | 20.8% | 6.0% | 4% | D |
| 4,295 | Rocky Top TN | 1,681 | $33K | 36.6% | 10.6% | 6% | D |
| 4,296 | Waterford ME | 1,632 | $66K | 16.4% | 1.9% | 3% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,234 | 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 Nettleton, 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 Nettleton: questions
What is the median household income in Nettleton?
$41,842 (±$34,865) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nettleton?
20.8%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nettleton?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nettleton work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tupelo (32%, 14 mi), Amory (7%, 11 mi), Aberdeen (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nettleton walkable?
Nettleton is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nettleton 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 Nettleton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nettleton
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.