With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Red Banks works elsewhere
Home is the office for 0% of workers; Mississippi has 6%. 31 jobs are based in Red Banks, and 109 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Red Banks for work; outside it, Memphis is the main destination (25%, 30 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Red Banks quiets down on a workday
On a workday 109 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Red Banks on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
The places Red Banks commutes to
Where Red Banks clocks in
25% of workers
11% 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 Red Banks: what the 31 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Red Banks, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 31. 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 Red Banks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Red Banks
of Red Banks workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6 commuters (the 0% 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 Red Banks
About 16% 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 Red Banks: questions
What is the poverty rate in Red Banks?
0.0%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Red Banks work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Memphis (25%, 30 mi), Olive Branch (11%, 18 mi), Collierville (8%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Red Banks 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 Red Banks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Red Banks
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.