Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Panther Burn commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
There are 4 jobs in Panther Burn, and 31 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Panther Burn itself; outside it, Rolling Fork draws the most (10%, 11 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 6% across Mississippi.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Panther Burn by day
On a workday 31 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 100 people are in Panther Burn on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Where Panther Burn’s working residents head each day
Where Panther Burn clocks in
10% 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.
100% of the jobs in Panther Burn make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Panther Burn, 2014 → 2024: 49 → 4. 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 Panther Burn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Panther Burn
of Panther Burn workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 49 commuters (the 0% 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.
Panther Burn’s commute, mile by mile
About 39% 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 Panther Burn: questions
What is the median household income in Panther Burn?
$67,344 (±$2,235) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Panther Burn?
3.9%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Panther Burn work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rolling Fork (10%, 11 mi), Greenville (10%, 24 mi), Cary (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Panther Burn without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Panther Burn, from the people who make the trip.
More of Panther Burn
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.