Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Most of Rienzi commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Working residents average 26 minutes each way, about the same as across Mississippi. Employers in Rienzi report 13 jobs for 136 working residents. Hardly any work in Rienzi; the top destination outside it is Corinth (29%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rienzi by day and by night
On a workday 136 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Rienzi on a workday afternoon, 44% 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 towns that employ Rienzi’s residents
Where Rienzi clocks in
29% of workers
13% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Rienzi
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rienzi, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 13. 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 Rienzi’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Rienzi: about 26 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rienzi workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 127 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Rienzi
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 Rienzi: questions
What is the median household income in Rienzi?
$44,583 (±$17,719) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rienzi?
17.9%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rienzi?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rienzi work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Corinth (29%, 13 mi), Booneville (13%, 7 mi), Tupelo (6%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rienzi without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rienzi, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rienzi
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.