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Jobs & commute in Scott

Jobs, income and commuting in Scott, MS

For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 6% across Mississippi. Hardly any work in Scott; the top destination outside it is Greenville (11%, 15 miles). No jobs are based in Scott in the Census job records; 19 of its residents work elsewhere.

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

Day and night

Scott on a workday afternoon

On a workday 19 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

19live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night27
Workday8
27live here− 19head out to work+ 0come in to work= 8on a workday

About 8 people are in Scott on a workday afternoon, 70% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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.

The commute map

Where the trip to work from Scott ends

Dumas: 1 residents work here (5%)Shaw: 1 residents work here (5%)Boyle: 1 residents work here (5%)Lexington: 1 residents work here (5%)Cleveland: 1 residents work here (5%)Indianola: 1 residents work here (5%)Yazoo City: 1 residents work here (5%)Batesville: 1 residents work here (5%)Southaven: 1 residents work here (5%)Greenville: 2 residents work here (11%)ScottGreenvilleDumasShawBoyleLexingtonClevelandScott
1
Greenville14.7 mi away
11%2
2
Dumas, AR30.9 mi away
5%1
3
Shaw17.5 mi away
5%1
4
Boyle21.6 mi away
5%1
5
Lexington67.8 mi away
5%1
6
Cleveland22.5 mi away
5%1
7
Indianola26.9 mi away
5%1
8
Yazoo City63.6 mi away
5%1
9
Batesville82.9 mi away
5%1
10
Southaven112.8 mi away
5%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%8
The top trips

Where Scott 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Scott

Working from home
0%

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

About 0 in 10
How Scott gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 18 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

Short hops and long hauls from Scott

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miGreenville: 11% · 14.7 miDumas: 5% · 30.9 miShaw: 5% · 17.5 miBoyle: 5% · 21.6 miLexington: 5% · 67.8 miCleveland: 5% · 22.5 miIndianola: 5% · 26.9 miYazoo City: 5% · 63.6 miBatesville: 5% · 82.9 miSouthaven: 5% · 112.8 miGreenville 11%Dumas 5%Shaw 5%Boyle 5%Scott
ScottTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
42%10–24 mi8 residents
11%25–50 mi2 residents
47%Over 50 mi9 residents

About 47% 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.

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 Scott: questions

What is the poverty rate in Scott?

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

Where do people who live in Scott work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville (11%, 15 mi), Dumas (5%, 31 mi), Shaw (5%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

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

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Beyond the commute

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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.