For about two in five of its working residents, Winterville is a commute to Greenville
Home is the office for 0% of workers; Mississippi has 6%. Hardly any stay in Winterville for work; outside it, Greenville is the main destination (41%, 8 miles). There are 21 jobs in Winterville for 29 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Winterville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 29 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 37 people are in Winterville on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.72 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.
Where the trip to work from Winterville ends
Where Winterville clocks in
41% of workers
7% of workers
3% 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.
81% of the jobs in Winterville pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winterville, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 21. 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 Winterville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Winterville
of Winterville workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Winterville
About 45% 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 Winterville: questions
What is the poverty rate in Winterville?
51.1%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Winterville work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Winterville 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 Winterville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winterville
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.