Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY-SA 4.0Symonds at work: jobs, income and the commute
No jobs are based in Symonds in the Census job records; 19 of its residents work elsewhere. Hardly any work in Symonds itself; outside it, Cleveland draws the most (21%, 11 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Mississippi has 6%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Symonds
On a workday 19 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5 people are in Symonds on a workday afternoon, 79% fewer than live here.
0.00 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.
Where Symonds’ working residents head each day
Where Symonds clocks in
21% of workers
11% of workers
11% 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.
Working from home in Symonds
of Symonds workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Symonds
About 16% 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 Symonds: questions
What is the poverty rate in Symonds?
70.8%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Symonds work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (21%, 11 mi), Mound Bayou (11%, 10 mi), Rosedale (11%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Symonds without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 47% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Symonds, from the people who make the trip.
More of Symonds
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.