Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY-SA 4.0Renova has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any stay in Renova for work; outside it, Cleveland is the main destination (35%, 2 miles). 49 jobs are based in Renova for 217 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 21 minutes, where Mississippi has 26 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Renova, in brief
Renova and Cleveland trade workers both ways
Cleveland is the top workplace for Renova residents (35%) and also where the most people who work in Renova come from (31% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Renova is a place people come home to
There are 49 jobs based in Renova, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Renova has about 510 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Renova 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 217 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Renova goes to work
Where Renova clocks in
35% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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.
Who leaves Renova for work, and who comes in
On a workday 217 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Renova on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
From Renova, about 21 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Renova workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 289 commuters (the 4% 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.
Renova works in goods: 29% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Renova, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 49. 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 Renova’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Renova works
About 27% 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 Renova: questions
What is the median household income in Renova?
$25,625 (±$6,190) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Renova?
57.1%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Renova?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Renova work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (35%, 2 mi), Jackson (6%, 105 mi), Greenwood (4%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Renova without a car?
1% 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 Renova, from the people who make the trip.
More of Renova
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.