Work & commute · Kiln

Work & commute in Kiln, MS

Most working residents leave Kiln for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Gulfport (13%), Bay St. Louis (9%) and Picayune (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

82 of 864 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 782 Kiln residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 2,463 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kiln.

782live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

2,463work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kiln goes to work

Gulfport21.5 mi away

13%112

Kiln (in town)right here

9%82

Bay St. Louis7.8 mi away

9%79

Picayune16.3 mi away

5%45

Hattiesburg61.8 mi away

3%26

Biloxi29.4 mi away

3%23

Slidell, LA22.9 mi away

3%22

New Orleans, LA39.3 mi away

2%21

Diamondhead5.1 mi away

2%21

Jackson139 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%415

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

How far

How far Kiln commutes

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

30%

32%

13%

25%

30%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kiln is a job hub

2.95jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kiln are

2,545 jobs are based in Kiln. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kiln’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kiln

2,545 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Kiln residents hold

864 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+163%

Jobs based in Kiln, 2013 → 2023: 969 → 2,545. 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.