Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Rolling Fork are lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
24.5% of residents live below the poverty line; Mississippi has 18.9%. For jobs and income Rolling Fork is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (A−). About one in four stay in Rolling Fork for work; outside it, Greenville is the main destination (8%, 34 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Rolling Fork at work: what stands out
Rolling Fork’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Rolling Fork is Greenville, 34 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (56) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer than half of Rolling Fork workers earn over $40,000 a year
31% of Rolling Fork’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 22% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Rolling Fork than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Rolling Fork fell from 833 in 2013 to 447 in 2023, −46%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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 678 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Rolling Fork’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Rolling Fork is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Rolling Fork’s grade.
Unemployment (6.9%) is left out: Rolling Fork’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, Rolling Fork could be anywhere from D− to D.
Half of Rolling Fork commutes less than 27 miles
About 30% 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 work there is in Rolling Fork: 447 jobs
447 jobs are based in Rolling Fork.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rolling Fork, 2013 → 2023: 833 → 447. 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 Rolling Fork’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Rolling Fork, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 516 residents head out to work, 162 work right here, and 285 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Rolling Fork on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Rolling Fork goes to work
Where Rolling Fork clocks in
8% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
How long Rolling Fork spends getting to work: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rolling Fork workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 902 commuters (the <1% 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.
Rolling Fork is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 1.8% across Mississippi, on an EPA index of 7.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 905 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). 7.2% of Rolling Fork households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rolling Fork’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rolling Fork next to U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,933 | Arnold Line MS | 1,859 | $54K | 16.0% | 0.0% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,001 | Columbus AFB MS | 1,293 | $70K | 6.3% | 1.9% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,293 | Hurley MS | 1,305 | $133K | 12.6% | 4.7% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,695 | Center CO | 1,890 | $46K | 19.9% | 18.1% | 20% | D− |
| 5,696 | Lakeview MI | 1,048 | $34K | 30.4% | 21.2% | 7% | D− |
| 5,697 | Rolling Fork MS | 1,387 | $46K | 24.5% | 6.9% | 24% | D− |
| 5,698 | Dexter NM | 1,049 | $44K | 41.3% | 10.7% | 10% | D− |
| 5,699 | Hartshorne OK | 1,877 | $40K | 23.6% | 5.3% | 9% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Rolling Fork, 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 Rolling Fork: questions
What is the median household income in Rolling Fork?
$45,587 (±$15,043) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rolling Fork?
24.5%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rolling Fork?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rolling Fork work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (8%, 34 mi), Jackson (5%, 56 mi), Vicksburg (3%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Rolling Fork walkable?
Rolling Fork is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rolling Fork 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 Rolling Fork, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rolling Fork
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.