Work & commute · Gulfport

Work & commute in Gulfport, MS

42% of Gulfport’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Biloxi (19%), D'Iberville (3%) and Pascagoula (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

10,635 of 25,619 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 14,984 Gulfport residents head out of town to work, 10,635 work right here, and 28,535 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gulfport.

14,984live here, work elsewhere

10,635live and work here

28,535work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gulfport goes to work

Gulfport (in town)right here

42%10,635

Biloxi8 mi away

19%4,748

D'Iberville10.5 mi away

3%814

Pascagoula30.8 mi away

2%617

Ocean Springs16.7 mi away

2%594

Hattiesburg63.1 mi away

2%482

Jackson147.4 mi away

2%477

Long Beach7.2 mi away

2%398

Bay St. Louis18.5 mi away

1%237

Gautier24.4 mi away

1%188

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%6,429

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

How far

How far Gulfport commutes

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

60%

17%

60%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gulfport is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gulfport are

39,170 jobs are based in Gulfport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gulfport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gulfport

39,170 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Gulfport residents hold

25,619 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+8%

Jobs based in Gulfport, 2013 → 2023: 36,157 → 39,170. 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.