Mahned Bridge · Photo: Woodlot · CC BY-SA 3.0New Augusta draws 444 commuters a day, with 2.7 jobs for every working resident
Employers in New Augusta report 452 jobs; 167 of its residents have a job. Only 5% work in New Augusta; the top destination outside it is Hattiesburg (31%, 18 miles). The average commute, 26 minutes each way, matches the Mississippi norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of New Augusta on a workday
On a workday 159 residents head out to work and 8 work right here.
About 840 people are in New Augusta on a workday afternoon, 51% more 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 in to New Augusta: where workers come from
Where New Augusta clocks in
31% 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.
The kinds of work in New Augusta
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Augusta, 2013 → 2023: 362 → 452. 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 New Augusta’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from New Augusta takes about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Augusta workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 247 commuters (the 7% 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.
How far New Augusta goes to work
About 31% 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 New Augusta: questions
What is the median household income in New Augusta?
$26,620 (±$6,152) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Augusta?
37.7%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Augusta?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Augusta work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hattiesburg (31%, 18 mi), Richton (4%, 11 mi), Wiggins (4%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Augusta 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 New Augusta, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Augusta
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.