Where Silver Creek earns its living
At 25 minutes each way, commutes from Silver Creek run about the Mississippi average. Only 4% work in Silver Creek itself; outside it, Monticello draws the most (13%, 8 miles). There are 122 jobs in Silver Creek for 72 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Silver Creek, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 69 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 119 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Silver Creek on a workday afternoon, 29% more than live here.
1.7 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.
Commuting in to Silver Creek: where workers come from
Where Silver Creek clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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.
Silver Creek makes things: 95% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Silver Creek, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 122. 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 Silver Creek’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Silver Creek, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Silver Creek workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23 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.
Miles to work from Silver Creek
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 Silver Creek: questions
What is the median household income in Silver Creek?
$36,875 (±$30,296) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Silver Creek?
20.0%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Silver Creek?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Silver Creek work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monticello (13%, 8 mi), Jackson (10%, 51 mi), Hattiesburg (7%, 45 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Silver Creek without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Silver Creek, from the people who make the trip.
More of Silver Creek
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.