With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Woodland works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Woodland for work; outside it, Houston is the main destination (38%, 8 miles). Woodland has 17 jobs, and 48 of its residents work somewhere. Working residents average 61 minutes each way; Mississippi averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Woodland, and who commutes in
On a workday 48 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 86 people are in Woodland on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Woodland: the destinations
Where Woodland clocks in
38% of workers
10% 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 kinds of work in Woodland
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Woodland, 2014 → 2024: 34 → 17. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woodland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Woodland: about 61 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 19.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Woodland workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 73 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.
Where in the region Woodland works
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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Woodland: questions
What is the poverty rate in Woodland?
21.2%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Woodland?
61 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Woodland work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houston (38%, 8 mi), Tupelo (10%, 38 mi), New Houlka (2%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Woodland 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 Woodland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Woodland
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.