Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0A job hub: Sherman has 1.8 jobs per working resident, and 491 people come in to work
The average commute takes 24 minutes each way, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. Sherman has 493 jobs; 273 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Sherman for work; outside it, Tupelo is the main destination (35%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Sherman in brief
One in three of Sherman works in Tupelo
95 working residents, 35%, have their main job in Tupelo, 8.7 miles away. That’s 35 times as many as work in Sherman itself. The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
54% of the jobs in Sherman are in trade, transport and utilities, against 21% of the jobs its residents hold. 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 273 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the people who work in Sherman live
Where Sherman clocks in
35% of workers
12% 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.
Jobs in Sherman: what the 493 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sherman, 2013 → 2023: 175 → 493. 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 Sherman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Sherman for work, and who comes in
On a workday 271 residents head out to work and 2 work right here.
About 900 people are in Sherman on a workday afternoon, 32% more 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.
The trip to work from Sherman: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sherman workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 251 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 Sherman’s workers travel
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 Sherman: questions
What is the median household income in Sherman?
$52,404 (±$19,483) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sherman?
22.8%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sherman?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sherman work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tupelo (35%, 9 mi), Pontotoc (12%, 12 mi), New Albany (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sherman without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sherman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sherman
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.