Photo: OzarksRazorback · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Vicksburg earn less than those in 92% of U.S. towns
26.8% of residents live below the poverty line, where Mississippi as a whole has 18.9%. The two grades for Vicksburg are D for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About two in five stay in Vicksburg for work; outside it, Jackson is the main destination (9%, 39 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Vicksburg: the figures worth knowing
Vicksburg’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Vicksburg is Jackson, 39 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (702) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Vicksburg is where the jobs are
Vicksburg has 11,824 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Vicksburg are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 26 across Mississippi. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Mississippi worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Vicksburg workers earn over $40,000 a year
38% of Vicksburg’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 20% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Vicksburg draws workers from far and wide
The 11,824 jobs in Vicksburg are filled from a wide area. Vicksburg’s own residents hold 26% and the ten next-biggest home towns 14%; the other 60% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Vicksburg’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Vicksburg is better than 10% of U.S. towns, #69 of 99 in Mississippi. Job access by car holds Vicksburg’s grade up (ahead of 38% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Vicksburg could be anywhere from D to C−.
The commute from Vicksburg, by distance
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.
In and out of Vicksburg on a workday
On a workday 4,373 residents head out to work, 3,106 work right here, and 8,718 people come in from elsewhere.
About 24,000 people are in Vicksburg on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
1.6 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.
About 18 minutes to work from Vicksburg
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vicksburg workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,353 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.
What the 11,824 jobs in Vicksburg are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vicksburg, 2013 → 2023: 14,075 → 11,824. 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 Vicksburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the people who work in Vicksburg live
Where Vicksburg clocks in
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.
Driving is how Vicksburg gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Vicksburg is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #54 of 101 in Mississippi. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of 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 8,378 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). 11.3% of Vicksburg households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Vicksburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Vicksburg compares with U.S. towns of 14,000 to 27,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 776 | Hernando MS | 18,824 | $77K | 8.8% | 2.5% | 19% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 898 | Ocean Springs MS | 18,993 | $80K | 5.5% | 4.2% | 23% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 920 | Clinton MS | 26,640 | $75K | 9.6% | 3.2% | 14% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,813 | Palestine TX | 19,555 | $45K | 17.6% | 7.0% | 34% | D |
| 1,814 | Grass Valley CA | 14,035 | $52K | 22.1% | 7.4% | 28% | D |
| 1,815 | Vicksburg MS | 19,830 | $46K | 26.8% | 5.9% | 42% | D |
| 1,816 | Red Bluff CA | 14,404 | $52K | 18.8% | 7.2% | 27% | D |
| 1,817 | Greenwood SC | 22,745 | $41K | 21.6% | 8.7% | 28% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 1,860 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Vicksburg, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
Vicksburg and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Beechwood (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Vicksburg’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 Vicksburg: questions
What is the median household income in Vicksburg?
$45,781 (±$4,996) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vicksburg?
26.8%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vicksburg?
18 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vicksburg work?
42% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (9%, 39 mi), Flowood (2%, 47 mi), Beechwood (2%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Vicksburg walkable?
Vicksburg is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Vicksburg without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vicksburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vicksburg
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.