Work & commute · Gautier

Work & commute in Gautier, MS

Most working residents leave Gautier for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Pascagoula (27%), Biloxi (10%) and Ocean Springs (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

773 of 7,706 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 6,933 Gautier residents head out of town to work, 773 work right here, and 3,173 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gautier.

6,933live here, work elsewhere

773live and work here

3,173work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gautier goes to work

Pascagoula6.9 mi away

27%2,107

Gautier (in town)right here

10%773

Biloxi16.5 mi away

10%771

Ocean Springs7.7 mi away

8%615

Gulfport24.4 mi away

8%586

Moss Point7.7 mi away

3%261

Mobile, AL37.5 mi away

3%249

D'Iberville14.3 mi away

3%232

Jackson160.6 mi away

2%128

Hattiesburg73.5 mi away

1%109

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%1,875

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

How far

How far Gautier commutes

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

51%

23%

12%

15%

51%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gautier is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gautier are

3,946 jobs are based in Gautier. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gautier’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gautier

3,946 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Gautier residents hold

7,706 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+7%

Jobs based in Gautier, 2013 → 2023: 3,685 → 3,946. 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.