Puckett has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any stay in Puckett for work; outside it, Jackson is the main destination (17%, 30 miles). There are 26 jobs in Puckett; 163 of its residents have a job. 14% of workers have no commute at all, next to 6% for Mississippi as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Puckett
On a workday 163 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Puckett on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 Puckett goes to work
Where Puckett clocks in
17% 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.
31% of the jobs in Puckett make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Puckett, 2013 → 2023: 136 → 26. 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 Puckett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Puckett: about 48 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Puckett workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 170 commuters (the 14% 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.
Miles to work from Puckett
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 Puckett: questions
What is the median household income in Puckett?
$69,286 (±$10,388) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Puckett?
24.8%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Puckett?
48 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Puckett work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (17%, 30 mi), Brandon (12%, 18 mi), Pearl (8%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Puckett without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Puckett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Puckett
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.