Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of North Carrollton works elsewhere
A typical one-way commute from North Carrollton lasts 23 minutes (Mississippi 26, U.S. 26). 67 jobs are based in North Carrollton; 139 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in North Carrollton for work; outside it, Greenwood is the main destination (27%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes North Carrollton
On a workday 138 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in North Carrollton on a workday afternoon, 20% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of North Carrollton: the destinations
Where North Carrollton clocks in
27% of workers
12% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Carrollton, 2014 → 2024: 85 → 67. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Carrollton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in North Carrollton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Carrollton workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 133 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.
How far North Carrollton goes to work
About 35% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 North Carrollton: questions
What is the median household income in North Carrollton?
$15,263 (±$14,145) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Carrollton?
58.6%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Carrollton?
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 North Carrollton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenwood (27%, 16 mi), Grenada (12%, 19 mi), Jackson (6%, 85 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around North Carrollton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Carrollton, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Carrollton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.