Photo: Dofftoubab · CC BY-SA 4.0Work means Meridian for about half of Toomsuba’s working residents
Employers in Toomsuba report 45 jobs, against 290 working residents. Hardly any stay in Toomsuba for work; outside it, Meridian is the main destination (49%, 11 miles). 4% of workers work from home, where Mississippi as a whole has 6%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Toomsuba in brief
Nearly half of Toomsuba works in Meridian
143 working residents, 49%, have their main job in Meridian, 11 miles away. That’s far more as work in Toomsuba itself. The commute map ↓
Toomsuba is a place people come home to
There are 45 jobs based in Toomsuba, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Toomsuba has about 270 people in it, 48% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 290 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Toomsuba commutes to
Where Toomsuba clocks in
49% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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.
Toomsuba by day and by night
On a workday 289 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 44 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Toomsuba on a workday afternoon, 48% fewer than live here.
0.16 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.
Toomsuba works in goods: 60% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Toomsuba, 2013 → 2023: 108 → 45. 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 Toomsuba’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Toomsuba
of Toomsuba workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 181 commuters (the 4% 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.
How far Toomsuba’s workers travel
About 28% 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 Toomsuba: questions
What is the median household income in Toomsuba?
$73,387 (±$51,277) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Toomsuba?
31.4%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Toomsuba work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Meridian (49%, 11 mi), Marion (3%, 8 mi), Jackson (2%, 100 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Toomsuba without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 19% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Toomsuba, from the people who make the trip.
More of Toomsuba
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.