Robinhood has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Robinhood are C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. 52 jobs are based in Robinhood, against 545 working residents. Hardly any work in Robinhood; the top destination outside it is Jackson (23%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Robinhood
What’s behind Robinhood’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Robinhood is better than 43% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Robinhood’s grade up (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (14.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (5.1%) is left out: Robinhood’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Robinhood could be anywhere from C− to B+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Robinhood
On a workday 541 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere.
About 810 people are in Robinhood on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 the trip to work from Robinhood ends
Where Robinhood clocks in
23% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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 Robinhood: what the 52 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Robinhood, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 52. 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 Robinhood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes each way, about the MS average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Robinhood workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 544 commuters (the 11% 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.
Half of Robinhood commutes less than 14 miles
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.
In Robinhood, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Robinhood is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Robinhood near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 611 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.3% of Robinhood households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Robinhood’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Robinhood comes 2,239th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,835 | Columbus AFB MS | 1,293 | $70K | 6.3% | 1.9% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,104 | Hurley MS | 1,305 | $133K | 12.6% | 4.7% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,237 | Laketown WI | 1,047 | $83K | 7.3% | 2.4% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,238 | Desoto Lakes FL | 1,735 | $76K | 28.1% | 8.5% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,239 | Robinhood MS | 1,298 | $70K | 14.1% | 5.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,240 | Ohatchee AL | 1,188 | $77K | 12.0% | 3.9% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,241 | Craig Beach OH | 1,004 | $72K | 17.1% | 1.4% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,407 | Rawls Springs MS | 1,499 | $47K | 7.3% | 2.9% | <1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Robinhood, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
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 Robinhood: questions
What is the median household income in Robinhood?
$69,875 (±$12,865) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Robinhood?
14.1%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Robinhood?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Robinhood work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (23%, 16 mi), Brandon (11%, 6 mi), Pearl (10%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Robinhood walkable?
Robinhood is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Robinhood without a car?
0% 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 Robinhood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Robinhood
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.