Work & commute · Diamondhead

Work & commute in Diamondhead, MS

Most working residents leave Diamondhead for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Gulfport (16%), Bay St. Louis (8%) and Kiln (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

285 of 3,643 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,358 Diamondhead residents head out of town to work, 285 work right here, and 918 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Diamondhead.

3,358live here, work elsewhere

285live and work here

918work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Diamondhead goes to work

Gulfport16.5 mi away

16%583

Diamondhead (in town)right here

8%285

Bay St. Louis5.5 mi away

8%278

Kiln5.1 mi away

5%188

Biloxi24.5 mi away

5%180

New Orleans, LA42.7 mi away

3%97

Waveland7.9 mi away

3%93

Slidell, LA27.2 mi away

2%90

Hattiesburg62.5 mi away

2%70

Pascagoula47.1 mi away

2%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,715

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

How far

How far Diamondhead commutes

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

31%

29%

17%

23%

31%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Diamondhead is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.33 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Diamondhead are

1,203 jobs are based in Diamondhead. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Diamondhead’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Diamondhead

1,203 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Diamondhead residents hold

3,643 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+30%

Jobs based in Diamondhead, 2013 → 2023: 923 → 1,203. 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.