Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY-SA 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Winstonville
17% of workers work from home, against 6% across Mississippi. Hardly any stay in Winstonville for work; outside it, Cleveland is the main destination (29%, 12 miles). Commuters spend 15 minutes getting to work on average, 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 workday shuffle in and out of Winstonville
On a workday 48 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 91 people are in Winstonville on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
The towns that employ Winstonville’s residents
Where Winstonville clocks in
29% of workers
10% of workers
4% 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 long Winstonville spends getting to work: about 15 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winstonville workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24 commuters (the 17% 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.
How many miles Winstonville commutes
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 Winstonville: questions
What is the poverty rate in Winstonville?
33.3%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winstonville?
15 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winstonville work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cleveland (29%, 12 mi), Mound Bayou (10%, 3 mi), Merigold (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Winstonville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Winstonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winstonville
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.