Work & commute · Latimer

Work & commute in Latimer, MS

Most working residents leave Latimer for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Biloxi (22%), Gulfport (13%) and Pascagoula (10%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51 of 2,779 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,728 Latimer residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 218 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Latimer.

2,728live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

218work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Latimer goes to work

Biloxi6.7 mi away

22%624

Gulfport13.9 mi away

13%369

Pascagoula19.5 mi away

10%281

D'Iberville4.1 mi away

9%259

Ocean Springs6.8 mi away

7%181

Vancleave11.2 mi away

4%121

Mobile, AL45.8 mi away

3%71

Gautier12.6 mi away

2%60

Latimer (in town)right here

2%51

Jackson149.8 mi away

2%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%720

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

How far

How far Latimer commutes

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

47%

33%

14%

47%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Latimer is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Latimer are

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

Jobs based in Latimer

269 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Latimer residents hold

2,779 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+11%

Jobs based in Latimer, 2013 → 2023: 243 → 269. 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.