Households in Pelahatchie earn less than those in 79% of U.S. towns
Only 7% work in Pelahatchie; the top destination outside it is Jackson (17%, 24 miles). The poverty rate is 15.0%, against 18.9% across Mississippi. For jobs and income Pelahatchie is better than 26% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Pelahatchie: the gist
Pelahatchie is where the jobs are
Pelahatchie has 815 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Pelahatchie’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Pelahatchie is Jackson, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (84) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Pelahatchie makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Pelahatchie are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pelahatchie residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 489 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Pelahatchie earns its Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Pelahatchie’s grade up (ahead of 51% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($56,322, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (4.0%) is left out: Pelahatchie’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Pelahatchie could be anywhere from C− to B−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Pelahatchie
On a workday 456 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 782 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Pelahatchie on a workday afternoon, 25% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Pelahatchie
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.
Pelahatchie works in goods: 51% of its jobs
815 jobs are based in Pelahatchie.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pelahatchie, 2013 → 2023: 785 → 815. 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 Pelahatchie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Pelahatchie: where workers come from
Where Pelahatchie clocks in
17% of workers
9% 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.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Pelahatchie
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pelahatchie workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 517 commuters (the 5% 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.
For most of Pelahatchie, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 1.8% across Mississippi.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 544 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.5% of Pelahatchie households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pelahatchie’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,339th of 5,400: where Pelahatchie ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 1,835 | Columbus AFB MS | 1,293 | $70K | 6.3% | 1.9% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,104 | Hurley MS | 1,305 | $133K | 12.6% | 4.7% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,239 | Robinhood MS | 1,298 | $70K | 14.1% | 5.1% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,337 | Lower Mifflin Township PA | 1,795 | $61K | 16.7% | 4.4% | 1% | C |
| 3,338 | Lewis Township PA | 1,461 | $64K | 10.4% | 2.6% | 1% | C |
| 3,339 | Pelahatchie MS | 1,324 | $56K | 15.0% | 4.0% | 7% | C |
| 3,340 | Oakland NE | 1,337 | $69K | 10.9% | 0.0% | 19% | C |
| 3,341 | West Liberty OH | 1,756 | $52K | 11.2% | 2.1% | 5% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Pelahatchie, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
Next door to Pelahatchie
The biggest share goes to Morton (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pelahatchie workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pelahatchie | – | C | C | 22 min | $56,322 |
| Morton | 4% | C+ | D | 30 min | $41,863 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pelahatchie’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Pelahatchie: questions
What is the median household income in Pelahatchie?
$56,322 (±$2,029) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pelahatchie?
15.0%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pelahatchie?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pelahatchie work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (17%, 24 mi), Brandon (9%, 11 mi), Flowood (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pelahatchie walkable?
Pelahatchie is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pelahatchie 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 Pelahatchie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pelahatchie
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.