Work & commute · Biloxi

Work & commute in Biloxi, MS

About one in 3 of Biloxi’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Gulfport (21%), D'Iberville (6%) and Ocean Springs (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

5,980 of 16,850 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,870 Biloxi residents head out of town to work, 5,980 work right here, and 21,184 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Biloxi.

10,870live here, work elsewhere

5,980live and work here

21,184work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Biloxi goes to work

Biloxi (in town)right here

35%5,980

Gulfport8 mi away

21%3,558

D'Iberville2.7 mi away

6%1,038

Ocean Springs8.9 mi away

4%668

Pascagoula23.1 mi away

4%595

Hattiesburg64.9 mi away

2%306

Jackson150.7 mi away

2%288

Gautier16.5 mi away

1%158

Long Beach14.4 mi away

1%121

Mobile, AL52 mi away

1%118

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%4,020

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Biloxi commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

63%

15%

17%

63%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Biloxi is a job hub

1.61jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Biloxi are

27,164 jobs are based in Biloxi. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Biloxi’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Biloxi

27,164 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Biloxi residents hold

16,850 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

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Jobs based in Biloxi, 2013 → 2023: 27,097 → 27,164. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.