Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Tchula are lower than in 98% of U.S. towns
Tchula grades D− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Poverty touches 44.6% of residents, next to 18.9% for Mississippi as a whole. Only 1% work in Tchula itself; outside it, Jackson draws the most (10%, 60 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Tchula: the figures worth knowing
Tchula’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Tchula is Jackson, 60 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (47) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Tchula is a place people come home to
There are 88 jobs based in Tchula, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
Tchula workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 40 minutes each way, against 26 across Mississippi. Over a year that’s about 307 hours of commuting, 107 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 491 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Tchula’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Tchula is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Tchula’s grade.
Unemployment (23.9%) is left out: Tchula’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Tchula stays D−.
Short hops and long hauls from Tchula
About 33% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Tchula
On a workday 484 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Tchula on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.18 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.
Time on the road from Tchula: about 40 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tchula workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 459 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.
Commuting out of Tchula: the destinations
Where Tchula clocks in
10% of workers
9% of workers
4% 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 jobs make up 32% of work in Tchula
88 jobs are based in Tchula.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tchula, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 88. 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 Tchula’s own residents hold wherever they work.
For most of Tchula, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tchula is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Tchula near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 470 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 14.1% of Tchula households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tchula’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Tchula sits among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,637 | Lynchburg MS | 2,161 | $89K | 7.1% | 10.2% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,653 | DeLisle MS | 1,906 | $72K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,919 | Arnold Line MS | 1,859 | $54K | 16.0% | 0.0% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,319 | Haynesville LA | 1,872 | $21K | 48.2% | 12.8% | 13% | D− |
| 5,320 | Fayette MS | 1,315 | $29K | 38.0% | 1.0% | 21% | D− |
| 5,321 | Tchula MS | 1,659 | $35K | 44.6% | 23.9% | 1% | D− |
| 5,322 | Hollis OK | 1,673 | $39K | 29.2% | 10.0% | 40% | D− |
| 5,323 | Eagle Butte SD | 1,269 | $46K | 31.8% | 24.7% | 20% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Tchula, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
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 Tchula: questions
What is the median household income in Tchula?
$35,417 (±$18,900) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tchula?
44.6%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tchula?
40 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tchula work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (10%, 60 mi), Greenwood (9%, 23 mi), Canton (4%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tchula walkable?
Tchula is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tchula without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tchula, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tchula
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.