Plantersville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
12% of workers have no commute at all, where Mississippi as a whole has 6%. Plantersville has 102 jobs; 371 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Plantersville; the top destination outside it is Tupelo (43%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Plantersville at work: what stands out
43% of Plantersville works in Tupelo
160 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Tupelo, 5.8 miles away. That’s 43 times as many as work in Plantersville itself. The commute map ↓
Plantersville is a place people come home to
There are 102 jobs based in Plantersville, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Plantersville has about 590 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Plantersville are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 26 across Mississippi. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Mississippi worker. Time on the road ↓
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 371 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Plantersville goes to work
Where Plantersville clocks in
43% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
How a workday changes Plantersville
On a workday 368 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Plantersville on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Time on the road from Plantersville: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Plantersville workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 309 commuters (the 12% 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.
Goods jobs make up 55% of work in Plantersville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Plantersville, 2013 → 2023: 52 → 102. 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 Plantersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Plantersville
About 22% 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 Plantersville: questions
What is the median household income in Plantersville?
$25,662 (±$10,289) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Plantersville?
44.5%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Plantersville?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Plantersville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tupelo (43%, 6 mi), Oxford (3%, 51 mi), Fulton (3%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Plantersville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Plantersville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Plantersville
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.