Work & commute · Helena

Work & commute in Helena, MS

Most working residents leave Helena for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pascagoula (31%), Moss Point (12%) and Biloxi (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 399 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 396 Helena residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Helena.

396live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Helena goes to work

Pascagoula9.3 mi away

31%123

Moss Point4.6 mi away

12%46

Biloxi26 mi away

6%23

Mobile, AL26.7 mi away

5%18

Gulfport33.9 mi away

4%15

Ocean Springs17.9 mi away

3%12

Gautier10.8 mi away

3%10

Vancleave10.8 mi away

3%10

Jackson161.5 mi away

2%7

D'Iberville23.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%129

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

How far

How far Helena commutes

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

54%

19%

12%

15%

54%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Helena is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Helena are

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

Jobs based in Helena

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities75%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less45%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Helena residents hold

399 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+82%

Jobs based in Helena, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 20. 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.