Most of Van Vleet commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers; Mississippi has 6%. 25 jobs are based in Van Vleet; 47 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Van Vleet; the top destination outside it is Houston (26%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Van Vleet: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 47 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 21 people are in Van Vleet on a workday afternoon, 51% 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.
Where Van Vleet’s working residents head each day
Where Van Vleet clocks in
26% of workers
9% 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.
100% of the jobs in Van Vleet make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Van Vleet’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Van Vleet
of Van Vleet workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 23 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.
Van Vleet’s commute, mile by mile
About 15% 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 Van Vleet: questions
What is the poverty rate in Van Vleet?
0.0%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Van Vleet work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (26%, 9 mi), New Houlka (9%, 8 mi), Okolona (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Van Vleet 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 Van Vleet, from the people who make the trip.
More of Van Vleet
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.