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Jobs & commute in Redwood

For about half of its working residents, Redwood is a commute to Vicksburg

Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where Mississippi as a whole has 6%. Hardly any work in Redwood; the top destination outside it is Vicksburg (45%, 12 miles). 40 jobs are based in Redwood for 33 working residents.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

In and out of Redwood on a workday

On a workday 33 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 40 people come in from elsewhere.

33live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
40work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night300
Workday310
300live here− 33head out to work+ 40come in to work= 310on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.21jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 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.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Redwood ends

Rolling ForkEdwardsPort Gibson: 1 residents work here (3%)Lexington: 1 residents work here (3%)TutwilerRichlandBrandon: 2 residents work here (6%)Booneville: 1 residents work here (3%)Madison: 1 residents work here (3%)PearlSouthavenClintonVicksburg: 15 residents work here (45%)Greenville: 1 residents work here (3%)Jackson: 2 residents work here (6%)RedwoodBeechwood: 2 residents work here (6%)VicksburgBrandonJacksonBeechwoodPort GibsonLexingtonRedwood
1
Vicksburg11.6 mi away
45%15
2
Brandon48.9 mi away
6%2
3
Jackson35.8 mi away
6%2
4
Beechwood9.5 mi away
6%2
5
Port Gibson37.4 mi away
3%1
6
Lexington62.1 mi away
3%1
7
Booneville198.4 mi away
3%1
8
Madison38.8 mi away
3%1
9
Greenville64.6 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
21%7
The top trips

Where Redwood clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

Jobs based in RedwoodJobs Redwood residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%27%
Trade, transport & utilities0%21%
Services: health, schools, offices100%52%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%24%
Over $3,333 a month75%64%

Who does it

29 or younger10%21%
30 to 5465%58%
55 and older25%21%
+1900%

Jobs based in Redwood, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 40. 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 Redwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Redwood

Working from home
0%

of Redwood workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Redwood gets to work
82%Drive alone
18%Other

Share of the 115 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

The commute from Redwood, by distance

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miVicksburg: 45% · 11.6 miBrandon: 6% · 48.9 miJackson: 6% · 35.8 miBeechwood: 6% · 9.5 miPort Gibson: 3% · 37.4 miLexington: 3% · 62.1 miBooneville: 3% · 198.4 miMadison: 3% · 38.8 miGreenville: 3% · 64.6 miVicksburg 45%Brandon 6%Jackson 6%Beechwood 6%Port Gibson 3%Redwood
RedwoodTop destinations (size = commuters)
30%Under 10 mi10 residents
36%10–24 mi12 residents
21%25–50 mi7 residents
12%Over 50 mi4 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Redwood: questions

What is the poverty rate in Redwood?

0.0%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Redwood work?

0% work in town.

Can you get around Redwood 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 Redwood, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Redwood

Redwood home →

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.