Liberty Hall · Photo: GilbertThompson · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Utica commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Only 3% work in Utica itself; outside it, Jackson draws the most (28%, 28 miles). There are 102 jobs in Utica for 241 working residents. The average commute takes 32 minutes each way, next to 26 for Mississippi and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Utica in brief
Utica and Jackson trade workers both ways
Jackson is the top workplace for Utica residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Utica come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Utica 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 241 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Utica’s residents
Where Utica clocks in
28% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
Utica’s commute takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Utica workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 242 commuters (the 1% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Utica
On a workday 234 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Utica on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Jobs in Utica: what the 102 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Utica, 2013 → 2023: 161 → 102. 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 Utica’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Utica
About 19% 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 Utica: questions
What is the median household income in Utica?
$35,729 (±$14,348) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Utica?
33.3%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Utica?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Utica work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (28%, 28 mi), Vicksburg (7%, 21 mi), Clinton (5%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Utica without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Utica, from the people who make the trip.
More of Utica
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.