Photo: ruthdaniel3444 · CC BY 2.0Households in Tunica Resorts earn less than those in 92% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 12.6% of residents, where Mississippi as a whole has 18.9%. For jobs and income Tunica Resorts is better than 19% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (D−). About one in four stay in Tunica Resorts for work; outside it, Memphis is the main destination (13%, 28 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Tunica Resorts
Tunica Resorts fills up on a workday
Tunica Resorts has 3,206 jobs, 3.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,600 people are in town, more than double the 2,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
The biggest group of Tunica Resorts’ workers comes from Clarksdale
295 of the people who work in Tunica Resorts live in Clarksdale, 46 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Tunica Resorts than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Tunica Resorts fell from 7,849 in 2014 to 3,206 in 2024, −59%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 844 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Tunica Resorts’ Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Tunica Resorts’ grade up (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (12.0%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tunica Resorts could be anywhere from D to B+.
The daily commute in and out of Tunica Resorts
On a workday 643 residents head out to work, 201 work right here, and 3,005 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,600 people are in Tunica Resorts on a workday afternoon, 104% more than live here.
3.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Tunica Resorts’ workforce comes from
Where Tunica Resorts clocks in
13% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
3,206 jobs are based in Tunica Resorts.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tunica Resorts, 2014 → 2024: 7,849 → 3,206. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tunica Resorts’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Tunica Resorts: about 39 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tunica Resorts workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,007 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 Tunica Resorts’ workers travel
About 20% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Tunica Resorts is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,007 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). 12.7% of Tunica Resorts households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tunica Resorts’ commuters take a bus or train.
Tunica Resorts places 4,078th of 5,328 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,785 | Guntown MS | 2,616 | $96K | 9.8% | 3.4% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,859 | Lynchburg MS | 2,161 | $89K | 7.1% | 10.2% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,871 | DeLisle MS | 1,906 | $72K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,076 | Philadelphia NY | 1,937 | $76K | 18.9% | 2.8% | 18% | C− |
| 4,077 | Addison Township OH | 2,092 | $65K | 11.7% | 2.2% | 3% | C− |
| 4,078 | Tunica Resorts MS | 2,281 | $46K | 12.6% | 12.0% | 24% | C− |
| 4,079 | Naples NY | 2,354 | $70K | 12.3% | 6.9% | 23% | C− |
| 4,080 | Monroe Township PA | 1,652 | $59K | 16.3% | 8.5% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Tunica Resorts, 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 2024, 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 Tunica Resorts: questions
What is the median household income in Tunica Resorts?
$45,661 (±$18,456) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tunica Resorts?
12.6%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tunica Resorts?
39 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tunica Resorts work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Memphis (13%, 28 mi), Olive Branch (8%, 29 mi), Southaven (7%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Tunica Resorts walkable?
Tunica Resorts is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tunica Resorts without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tunica Resorts, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tunica Resorts
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.