There are 2.4 jobs in Slate Springs for every working resident, and 92 people commute in
Hardly any work in Slate Springs; the top destination outside it is Oxford (11%, 43 miles). There are 92 jobs in Slate Springs for 38 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 50 minutes (Mississippi 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Slate Springs
On a workday 38 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 150 people are in Slate Springs on a workday afternoon, 55% more than live here.
2.4 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Slate Springs
Where Slate Springs clocks in
11% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
The kinds of work in Slate Springs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Slate Springs, 2014 → 2024: 129 → 92. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Slate Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 50 minutes each way, longer than most of Mississippi
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Slate Springs workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 32 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 Slate Springs
About 32% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Slate Springs: questions
What is the median household income in Slate Springs?
$65,000 (±$57,441) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Slate Springs?
4.8%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Slate Springs?
50 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Slate Springs work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oxford (11%, 43 mi), Houston (8%, 24 mi), Calhoun City (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Slate Springs without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Slate Springs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Slate Springs
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.