Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Most of Paden commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Paden itself; outside it, Red Bay draws the most (18%, 17 miles). There are 17 jobs in Paden, and 40 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 14% of workers, next to 6% for Mississippi as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Paden
On a workday 40 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 81 people are in Paden on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
The towns that employ Paden’s residents
Where Paden clocks in
18% of workers
13% of workers
10% 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.
Jobs in Paden: what the 17 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paden, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 17. 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 Paden’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Paden: about 27 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Paden workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 57 commuters (the 14% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Paden
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 6% of Paden workers work outside Mississippi. The job records count 20% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Paden: questions
What is the median household income in Paden?
$51,042 (±$18,926) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paden?
16.8%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Paden?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Paden work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Red Bay (18%, 17 mi), Tupelo (13%, 38 mi), Belmont (10%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Paden without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Paden, from the people who make the trip.
More of Paden
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.