These Are The 10 Hardest Working Places In Mississippi
We crunched the numbers to identify the places in Mississippi that get up early and stay late to bring home the bacon.
America has been known as the land of opportunity for as long as I can remember. It’s the one place in the world where if you bare down and keep your nose to the grindstone, you can make a better life for your family and yourself.
And while everyone in Mississippi works hard, there’s a certain part of the Magnolia State that takes the Puritan work ethic to the extreme — the hardest working places in Mississippi .
Who’s the leader of this work around the clock ethos? That would be Madison which takes top honors for the hardest working place in Mississippi. People work so hard there they manage to make getting to work a job.
So what other places burn the midnight oil to bring home a large piece of bacon? You’re going to have to get to the office early and stay late on Fridays to beat out these places in Mississippi for a promotion:
So listen up Yazoo City as we explain how we created this ranking, you could learn some things from the rest of the state.
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How We Determined The Hardest Working Places In The Magnolia State
Like all problems here at Zippia, we start with the data to answer the hard questions. Some might even consider us the hardest working data-crunchers this side of the Mississippi.
In this particular case, we went to the latest version of the American Community Survey looking for answers. As luck would have it, the Census Bureau just released the 2009-2014 5-Yr Estimate which would make this analysis the first of its kind with the new data.
After scrolling through what seemed like hundreds of criteria, we settled on this set for each State:
- Average hours worked
- Average commute time
- Workers per household (Employed labor force divided by the number households)
- Labor force participation rate
- Adults with a college degree
Our thinking went something along the lines of if you are spent the many years getting a degree, are actively seeking employment, work a ton of hours when employed, and spend forever getting to work, you get the Zippia hardworking stamp of approval.
After we got the data for all 61 places in Mississippi, we ranked each place from 1 to 61 for each of the criteria with 1 being the “hardest working”.
Next, we averaged the rankings for each to create a hardworking index.
Finally, we crowned the place with the lowest hard working index the “Hardest Working Place In Mississippi”. And, at the end of the day, Madison had its hard work pay off.
Read the detailed chart below to learn a bit more about why each place ranked where it did.
1. Madison
Population: 24,871College Graduates: 64.4%
Average Hours Worked Per Week: 40.7
Workers Per Household: 1.5
2. Byram
Population: 11,609College Graduates: 31.2%
Average Hours Worked Per Week: 39.1
Workers Per Household: 1.6
3. Brandon
Population: 22,616College Graduates: 38.0%
Average Hours Worked Per Week: 39.6
Workers Per Household: 1.4
4. Ridgeland
Population: 24,209 College Graduates: 49.5%
Average Hours Worked Per Week: 41.1
Workers Per Household: 1.3
5. Clinton
Population: 25,486College Graduates: 41.5%
Average Hours Worked Per Week: 38.8
Workers Per Household: 1.5
6. Olive Branch
Population: 34,543College Graduates: 26.7%
Average Hours Worked Per Week: 40.9
Workers Per Household: 1.5
7. Flowood
Population: 8,218 College Graduates: 42.4%
Average Hours Worked Per Week: 40.1
Workers Per Household: 1.3
8. Southaven
Population: 50,389College Graduates: 21.0%
Average Hours Worked Per Week: 40.4
Workers Per Household: 1.5
9. Hernando
Population: 14,723College Graduates: 26.8%
Average Hours Worked Per Week: 39.9
Workers Per Household: 1.3
10. Pontotoc
Population: 5,754College Graduates: 19.0%
Average Hours Worked Per Week: 39.0
Workers Per Household: 1.5
Detailed List Of Hardest Working Places In Mississippi
| City | Rank |
|---|---|
| Madison | 1 |
| Byram | 2 |
| Brandon | 3 |
| Ridgeland | 4 |
| Clinton | 5 |
| Olive Branch | 6 |
| Flowood | 7 |
| Southaven | 8 |
| Hernando | 9 |
| Pontotoc | 10 |
| Ocean Springs | 11 |
| Biloxi | 12 |
| Petal | 13 |
| Long Beach | 14 |
| Diamondhead | 15 |
| Oxford | 16 |
| Richland | 17 |
| Tupelo | 18 |
| Canton | 19 |
| Senatobia | 20 |
| Bay St. Louis | 21 |
| Gautier | 22 |
| Pearl | 23 |
| Batesville | 24 |
| Jackson | 25 |
| D’Iberville | 26 |
| Starkville | 27 |
| Hattiesburg | 28 |
| New Albany | 29 |
| Cleveland | 30 |
| Horn Lake | 31 |
| Pascagoula | 32 |
| Gulfport | 33 |
| Philadelphia | 34 |
| Vicksburg | 35 |
| Meridian | 36 |
| Grenada | 37 |
| Indianola | 38 |
| McComb | 39 |
| Ripley | 40 |
| Laurel | 41 |
| Forest | 42 |
| Corinth | 43 |
| Brookhaven | 44 |
| Natchez | 45 |
| Picayune | 46 |
| Greenville | 47 |
| Louisville | 48 |
| Columbus | 49 |
| Kosciusko | 50 |
| Amory | 51 |
| West Point | 52 |
| Clarksdale | 53 |
| Columbia | 54 |
| Booneville | 55 |
| Greenwood | 56 |
| Waveland | 57 |
| Moss Point | 58 |
| Holly Springs | 59 |
| Aberdeen | 60 |
| Yazoo City | 61 |
