Walthall County Training School · Photo: Z28scrambler · CC BY-SA 4.0Tylertown has some of the lowest household incomes of any U.S. town
Household incomes here are among the lowest in the country. 34.2% of residents are in poverty (Mississippi 18.9%). For jobs and income Tylertown is better than 2% of U.S. towns (D−); for walkability it is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (A−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Tylertown apart
Tylertown is where the jobs are
Tylertown has 1,150 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,100 people are in town, 41% more than the 1,500 who live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Fewer than half of Tylertown workers earn over $40,000 a year
41% of Tylertown’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 17% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
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 540 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Tylertown earns its Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Tylertown’s grade up (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($33,333, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (11.6%) is left out: Tylertown’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, Tylertown could be anywhere from D− to D.
How a workday changes Tylertown
On a workday 442 residents head out to work, 98 work right here, and 1,052 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Tylertown on a workday afternoon, 41% more than live here.
2.1 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 2023, primary jobs.
Near or far: the trip to work from Tylertown
About 35% 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 kinds of work in Tylertown
1,150 jobs are based in Tylertown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tylertown, 2013 → 2023: 1,139 → 1,150. 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 Tylertown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting in to Tylertown: where workers come from
Where Tylertown clocks in
5% 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.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Tylertown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tylertown workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 547 commuters (the 9% 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.
Tylertown is easy on foot, hard by bus
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 600 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). 25.9% of Tylertown households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tylertown’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Tylertown compares with U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,786 | DeLisle MS | 1,906 | $72K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,098 | Arnold Line MS | 1,859 | $54K | 16.0% | 0.0% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,175 | Columbus AFB MS | 1,293 | $70K | 6.3% | 1.9% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,081 | Milford IL | 1,116 | $47K | 26.8% | 4.2% | 10% | D− |
| 6,082 | Grayville IL | 1,483 | $46K | 29.8% | 8.5% | 7% | D− |
| 6,083 | Tylertown MS | 1,486 | $33K | 34.2% | 11.6% | 18% | D− |
| 6,084 | Fullerton NE | 1,228 | $48K | 26.9% | 3.2% | 18% | D− |
| 6,085 | Yanceyville NC | 1,850 | $28K | 38.3% | 1.8% | 10% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Tylertown, 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 Tylertown: questions
What is the median household income in Tylertown?
$33,333 (±$26,672) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tylertown?
34.2%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tylertown?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tylertown work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are McComb (8%, 21 mi), Hattiesburg (5%, 51 mi), Columbia (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tylertown walkable?
Tylertown is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tylertown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 26% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tylertown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tylertown
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.