Work & commute · Escatawpa

Work & commute in Escatawpa, MS

Most working residents leave Escatawpa for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pascagoula (34%), Moss Point (7%) and Gulfport (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 1,188 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,174 Escatawpa residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 168 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Escatawpa.

1,174live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

168work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Escatawpa goes to work

Pascagoula9.4 mi away

34%405

Moss Point4.9 mi away

7%89

Gulfport31.7 mi away

6%74

Biloxi23.8 mi away

5%54

Gautier9.2 mi away

4%53

Ocean Springs15.9 mi away

4%49

Mobile, AL28.6 mi away

4%47

D'Iberville21.2 mi away

2%26

Jackson159.7 mi away

2%19

Vancleave8.4 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%356

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

How far

How far Escatawpa commutes

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

47%

22%

14%

16%

47%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Escatawpa is a commuter town

0.15jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Escatawpa are

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

Jobs based in Escatawpa

182 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Escatawpa residents hold

1,188 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+86%

Jobs based in Escatawpa, 2013 → 2023: 98 → 182. 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.