Photo: Ktkvtsh · CC BY 4.0There are 16.4 jobs in Sebastopol for every working resident, and 1,700 people commute in
Only 7% work in Sebastopol; the top destination outside it is Forest (23%, 17 miles). There are 1,707 jobs in Sebastopol; 104 of its residents have a job. The average commute takes 17 minutes each way; Mississippi averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Sebastopol for work, and who comes in
On a workday 97 residents head out to work and 7 work right here.
About 1,900 people are in Sebastopol on a workday afternoon, 617% more than live here.
16.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 the people who work in Sebastopol live
Where Sebastopol clocks in
9% of workers
7% 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.
Making and building: 81% of jobs based in Sebastopol
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sebastopol, 2013 → 2023: 264 → 1,707. 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 Sebastopol’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Sebastopol: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sebastopol workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 94 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.
Sebastopol’s commute, mile by mile
About 21% 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 Sebastopol: questions
What is the median household income in Sebastopol?
$52,500 (±$39,134) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sebastopol?
13.7%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sebastopol?
17 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sebastopol work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Forest (23%, 17 mi), Jackson (9%, 54 mi), Morton (7%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sebastopol without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sebastopol, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sebastopol
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.