Photo: Joe C Furr · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Terry trail those of 90% of U.S. towns
Terry grades C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 13.7% of residents are in poverty, next to 18.9% for Mississippi as a whole. Only 2% work in Terry; the top destination outside it is Jackson (38%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Terry, in a few figures
Terry and Jackson trade workers both ways
Jackson is the top workplace for Terry residents (38%) and also where the most people who work in Terry come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Terry workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Mississippi. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 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 530 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Terry’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Terry is better than 27% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Terry’s grade up (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($47,734, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (3.9%) is left out: Terry’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Terry could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Commuting out of Terry: the destinations
Where Terry clocks in
38% 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.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Terry
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Terry workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 567 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.
A workday in Terry: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 520 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Terry on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.42 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.
Inside Terry’s 221 jobs
221 jobs are based in Terry.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Terry, 2013 → 2023: 258 → 221. 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 Terry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Terry
About 15% 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.
In Terry, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Terry is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 1.8% across Mississippi, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 580 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.2% of Terry households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Terry’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,794 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100, Terry comes 3,598th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,706 | DeLisle MS | 1,906 | $72K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,000 | Arnold Line MS | 1,859 | $54K | 16.0% | 0.0% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,078 | Columbus AFB MS | 1,293 | $70K | 6.3% | 1.9% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,596 | Twin Lakes VA | 1,562 | $67K | 13.3% | 0.0% | <1% | C |
| 3,597 | Stockton KS | 1,400 | $63K | 6.9% | 1.2% | 33% | C |
| 3,598 | Terry MS | 1,557 | $48K | 13.7% | 3.9% | 2% | C |
| 3,599 | Ecru MS | 1,113 | $65K | 16.1% | 14.8% | 9% | C |
| 3,600 | Sutherland NE | 1,225 | $73K | 9.8% | 5.6% | 11% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | 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 Terry, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
The towns around Terry
The biggest share goes to Byram (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Terry’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Terry: questions
What is the median household income in Terry?
$47,734 (±$7,654) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Terry?
13.7%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Terry?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Terry work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (38%, 15 mi), Flowood (7%, 20 mi), Ridgeland (5%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Terry walkable?
Terry is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Terry without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Terry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Terry
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.