Victoria has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Jobs and income earn Victoria C; getting around on foot earns it D−. Victoria has 13 jobs for 445 working residents. Hardly any work in Victoria itself; outside it, Memphis draws the most (21%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Victoria and work: the main findings
Victoria is a place people come home to
There are 13 jobs based in Victoria, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Victoria has about 690 people in it, 39% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Many Victoria workers cross into Tennessee
47% of Victoria workers work outside Mississippi, most of them in Tennessee, the Census survey finds. The commute map ↓
Victoria’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Victoria is Memphis, TN, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (94) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 445 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Victoria’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Victoria is better than 31% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Victoria’s grade up (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (36.8%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Victoria’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, Victoria could be anywhere from C to C+.
Victoria quiets down on a workday
On a workday 445 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere.
About 690 people are in Victoria on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 people from Victoria work
Where Victoria clocks in
21% of workers
14% of workers
6% 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.
How far Victoria goes to work
About 16% 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.
Jobs in Victoria: what the 13 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Victoria, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 13. 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 Victoria’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Victoria
of Victoria workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 426 commuters (the 3% 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.
Victoria is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Victoria is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Victoria near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 438 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). 0.0% of Victoria households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Victoria’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,068th of 3,771: where Victoria ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,226 | Columbus AFB MS | 1,293 | $70K | 6.3% | 1.9% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,414 | Hurley MS | 1,305 | $133K | 12.6% | 4.7% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,509 | Robinhood MS | 1,298 | $70K | 14.1% | 5.1% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,066 | Napoli NY | 1,201 | $92K | 16.5% | 5.1% | <1% | C |
| 2,067 | Tunbridge VT | 1,364 | $89K | 14.4% | 0.5% | 3% | C |
| 2,068 | Victoria MS | 1,121 | $70K | 36.8% | 0.0% | 0% | C |
| 2,069 | Bronson FL | 1,292 | $62K | 8.5% | 4.4% | 10% | C |
| 2,070 | Webberville MI | 1,314 | $58K | 18.7% | 6.4% | 4% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Victoria, 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 Victoria: questions
What is the median household income in Victoria?
$70,143 (±$2,861) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Victoria?
36.8%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Victoria work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Memphis (21%, 27 mi), Olive Branch (14%, 15 mi), Southaven (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Victoria walkable?
Victoria is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Victoria 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 Victoria, from the people who make the trip.
More of Victoria
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.