Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Jobs and earnings in Potts Camp, and the trip to work
Working residents average 35 minutes each way, next to 26 for Mississippi and 26 for the U.S. Only 1% stay in Potts Camp for work; outside it, Holly Springs is the main destination (13%, 12 miles). Potts Camp has 150 jobs, against 170 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Potts Camp on a workday afternoon
On a workday 168 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 148 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Potts Camp: the destinations
Where Potts Camp clocks in
13% of workers
12% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Potts Camp: what the 150 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Potts Camp, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 150. 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 Potts Camp’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of Mississippi
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Potts Camp workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 118 commuters (the 6% 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 Potts Camp’s workers travel
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 Potts Camp: questions
What is the median household income in Potts Camp?
$41,875 (±$27,828) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Potts Camp?
20.9%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Potts Camp?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Potts Camp work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Holly Springs (13%, 12 mi), Olive Branch (12%, 37 mi), Memphis (8%, 49 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Potts Camp without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Potts Camp, from the people who make the trip.
More of Potts Camp
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.