Work & commute · Gloster

Work & commute in Gloster, MS

Most working residents leave Gloster for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are McComb (7%), Liberty (7%) and Natchez (5%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 286 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 269 Gloster residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 167 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gloster.

269live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

167work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gloster goes to work

McComb32.4 mi away

7%20

Liberty13.2 mi away

7%19

Gloster (in town)right here

6%17

Natchez32.4 mi away

5%13

Baton Rouge, LA52.5 mi away

4%11

Centreville8 mi away

3%10

Jackson90.7 mi away

3%8

Brookhaven43.1 mi away

2%7

Port Gibson52.6 mi away

2%6

Laurel115.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%169

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

How far

How far Gloster commutes

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

15%

18%

24%

43%

15%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

43%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gloster is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gloster are

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

Jobs based in Gloster

184 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Gloster residents hold

286 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+3%

Jobs based in Gloster, 2013 → 2023: 179 → 184. 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.