Clay County Agricultural High School · Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Pheba
Working from home is the commute for 11% of workers (Mississippi 6%). Hardly any work in Pheba; the top destination outside it is West Point (21%, 17 miles). There are 45 jobs in Pheba, and 70 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Pheba for work, and who comes in
On a workday 70 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Pheba on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.64 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where people from Pheba work
Where Pheba clocks in
21% 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.
Goods, not services: 73% of the jobs in Pheba
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pheba, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 45. 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 Pheba’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Pheba
of Pheba workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 118 commuters (the 11% 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 it is to work from Pheba
About 18% 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 Pheba: questions
What is the median household income in Pheba?
$19,132 (±$6,258) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pheba?
77.8%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Pheba work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are West Point (21%, 17 mi), Starkville (11%, 11 mi), Houston (9%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pheba 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 Pheba, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pheba
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.