Work & commute · Long Beach

Work & commute in Long Beach, MS

Most working residents leave Long Beach for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Gulfport (33%), Biloxi (12%) and Bay St. Louis (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

672 of 6,005 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 5,333 Long Beach residents head out of town to work, 672 work right here, and 1,709 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Long Beach.

5,333live here, work elsewhere

672live and work here

1,709work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Long Beach goes to work

Gulfport7.2 mi away

33%1,956

Biloxi14.4 mi away

12%746

Long Beach (in town)right here

11%672

Bay St. Louis11.9 mi away

3%169

D'Iberville17.1 mi away

2%142

Pass Christian5.2 mi away

2%140

Hattiesburg66.5 mi away

2%110

Ocean Springs22.5 mi away

2%107

Pascagoula36.2 mi away

2%104

Jackson149 mi away

2%97

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,762

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

How far

How far Long Beach commutes

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

52%

26%

17%

52%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Long Beach is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Long Beach are

2,381 jobs are based in Long Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Long Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Long Beach

2,381 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Long Beach residents hold

6,005 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−13%

Jobs based in Long Beach, 2013 → 2023: 2,752 → 2,381. 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.