Photo: Thomas R Machnitzki ([email protected]) · CC BY 3.0Households in Senatobia have lower incomes than those in 82% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 26.4% of residents; Mississippi has 18.9%. The two grades for Senatobia are C for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in five work in Senatobia itself; outside it, Memphis draws the most (14%, 35 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Senatobia and work: the main findings
A lot of Senatobia workers cross into Tennessee
22% of Senatobia workers work outside Mississippi, most of them in Tennessee, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Senatobia’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Senatobia is Memphis, TN, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (449) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Senatobia workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 26 across Mississippi. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Where Senatobia’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Senatobia is better than 32% of U.S. towns, #35 of 99 in Mississippi. Unemployment holds Senatobia’s grade up (3.0%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Senatobia could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Where Senatobia’s working residents head each day
Where Senatobia clocks in
14% of workers
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.
How far Senatobia goes to work
About 18% 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.
Senatobia’s commute takes about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Senatobia workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,544 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Senatobia
On a workday 2,530 residents head out to work, 603 work right here, and 3,444 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,400 people are in Senatobia on a workday afternoon, 11% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.29 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Senatobia’s employers do
4,047 jobs are based in Senatobia.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Senatobia, 2013 → 2023: 4,337 → 4,047. 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 Senatobia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Senatobia: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Senatobia is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #41 of 101 in Mississippi. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 1.8% across Mississippi.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,568 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). 4.0% of Senatobia households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Senatobia’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,981 U.S. towns of 5,900 to 11,400, Senatobia comes 2,240th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 968 | Gulf Park Estates MS | 6,264 | $66K | 5.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,415 | Diamondhead MS | 9,441 | $87K | 7.0% | 4.2% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,486 | Flowood MS | 11,003 | $84K | 13.4% | 4.1% | 15% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,238 | Allegany NY | 7,484 | $73K | 15.0% | 4.2% | 16% | C |
| 2,239 | Port LaBelle FL | 7,923 | $75K | 11.9% | 4.4% | 1% | C |
| 2,240 | Senatobia MS | 8,473 | $54K | 26.4% | 3.0% | 19% | C |
| 2,241 | Bernalillo NM | 9,159 | $64K | 15.9% | 6.9% | 12% | C |
| 2,242 | Newport TN | 7,049 | $31K | 27.2% | 0.6% | 18% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,981 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Senatobia, 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 Senatobia: questions
What is the median household income in Senatobia?
$54,167 (±$12,259) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Senatobia?
26.4%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Senatobia?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Senatobia work?
19% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Memphis (14%, 35 mi), Southaven (9%, 24 mi), Olive Branch (7%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Senatobia walkable?
Senatobia is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Senatobia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Senatobia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Senatobia
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.