Photo: rossograph · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, income and commuting in Shuqualak, MS
Only 2% stay in Shuqualak for work; outside it, Macon is the main destination (13%, 10 miles). The average commute takes 14 minutes each way, next to 26 for Mississippi and 26 for the U.S. 74 jobs are based in Shuqualak for 123 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Shuqualak
On a workday 120 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in Shuqualak on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.60 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 towns that employ Shuqualak’s residents
Where Shuqualak clocks in
13% 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.
Goods, not services: 78% of the jobs in Shuqualak
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shuqualak, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 74. 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 Shuqualak’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 14 minutes in Shuqualak
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shuqualak workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 44 commuters (the 2% 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 distance from Shuqualak to work
About 29% 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 Shuqualak: questions
What is the median household income in Shuqualak?
$14,393 (±$2,991) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shuqualak?
66.9%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shuqualak?
14 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shuqualak work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Macon (13%, 10 mi), Columbus (10%, 38 mi), Starkville (6%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Shuqualak 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 Shuqualak, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shuqualak
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.