Union Church Presbyterian Church · Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 4.0Pattison has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
11 jobs are based in Pattison for 44 working residents. Only 2% work in Pattison; the top destination outside it is Port Gibson (18%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Pattison for work, and who comes in
On a workday 43 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7 people are in Pattison on a workday afternoon, 83% 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.
Where people from Pattison work
Where Pattison clocks in
18% of workers
16% 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.
What Pattison’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pattison, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 11. 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 Pattison’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Pattison commutes
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 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 Pattison: questions
What is the poverty rate in Pattison?
0.0%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Pattison work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Port Gibson (18%, 7 mi), Jackson (16%, 49 mi), Fayette (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pattison, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pattison
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.