More than half of Tucker’s working residents commute to Pearl River
Hardly any stay in Tucker for work; outside it, Pearl River is the main destination (56%, 13 miles). Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. Tucker has 8 jobs for 253 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Tucker stands out on work
More than half of Tucker works in Pearl River
142 working residents, 56%, have their main job in Pearl River, 13 miles away. That’s far more as work in Tucker itself. The commute map ↓
Tucker is a place people come home to
There are 8 jobs based in Tucker, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Tucker has about 560 people in it, 30% 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 253 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Tucker’s working residents head each day
Where Tucker clocks in
8% 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.
Tucker quiets down on a workday
On a workday 252 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Tucker on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.03 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.
In Tucker, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tucker, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 8. 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 Tucker’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Tucker, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tucker workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 262 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.
How far Tucker goes to work
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 Tucker: questions
What is the poverty rate in Tucker?
32.1%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tucker?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tucker work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pearl River (56%, 13 mi), Philadelphia (8%, 6 mi), Meridian (4%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tucker 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 Tucker, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tucker
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.