Verona’s household incomes are lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
The average commute takes 16 minutes each way; Mississippi averages 26, the U.S. 26. Below the poverty line: 21.9% of residents; Mississippi has 18.9%. Jobs and income earn Verona C; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Verona, in a few figures
Fewer jobs are based in Verona than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Verona fell from 3,024 in 2013 to 817 in 2023, −73%. 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 ↓
Verona and Tupelo trade workers both ways
Tupelo is the top workplace for Verona residents (38%) and also where the most people who work in Verona come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Fewer than half of Verona workers earn over $40,000 a year
36% of Verona’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 21% 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 850 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Verona
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Verona is better than 29% of U.S. towns, #39 of 99 in Mississippi. Job access by car holds Verona’s grade up (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($46,148, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Verona could be anywhere from D to B.
Goods, not services: 44% of the jobs in Verona
817 jobs are based in Verona.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Verona, 2013 → 2023: 3,024 → 817. 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 Verona’s own residents hold wherever they work.
38% of working residents work in Tupelo
Where Verona clocks in
38% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Verona
On a workday 831 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 798 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 16 minutes each way, quicker than most of Mississippi
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Verona workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,256 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.
Verona’s commute, mile by mile
About 26% 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.
Most of Verona commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Verona is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns, #91 of 101 in Mississippi. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 1.8% across Mississippi.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,256 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). 1.9% of Verona households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Verona’s commuters take a bus or train.
Verona is 3,427th of 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 573 | Bridgetown MS | 3,195 | $139K | 1.0% | 5.8% | <1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 939 | Gluckstadt MS | 3,500 | $124K | 5.3% | 5.4% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,828 | Guntown MS | 2,616 | $96K | 9.8% | 3.4% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,425 | Perry Township OH | 1,989 | $77K | 18.8% | 2.8% | <1% | C |
| 3,426 | Mount Pleasant Township OH | 2,165 | $72K | 10.7% | 3.0% | 3% | C |
| 3,427 | Verona MS | 2,713 | $46K | 21.9% | 3.6% | 2% | C |
| 3,428 | Iuka MS | 3,105 | $49K | 19.6% | 1.5% | 21% | C |
| 3,429 | Seymour MO | 1,960 | $52K | 31.4% | 1.7% | 15% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Verona, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
Work next door: 38% of Verona’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Tupelo. Darker towns draw more of Verona’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Verona: questions
What is the median household income in Verona?
$46,148 (±$5,426) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Verona?
21.9%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Verona?
16 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Verona work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tupelo (38%, 6 mi), Ecru (3%, 21 mi), Pontotoc (2%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Verona walkable?
Verona is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Verona 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 Verona, from the people who make the trip.
More of Verona
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.