Work & commute · Lucedale

Work & commute in Lucedale, MS

About one in 3 of Lucedale’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Pascagoula (9%), Hattiesburg (4%) and Jackson (3%). Half commute less than 37 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

273 of 946 working residents

Typical commute

37 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 673 Lucedale residents head out of town to work, 273 work right here, and 2,902 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lucedale.

673live here, work elsewhere

273live and work here

2,902work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lucedale goes to work

Lucedale (in town)right here

29%273

Pascagoula39.5 mi away

9%84

Hattiesburg50 mi away

4%40

Jackson134.9 mi away

3%27

Gulfport45.2 mi away

2%23

New Orleans, LA100.2 mi away

2%21

Biloxi40.3 mi away

2%21

Ocean Springs38.3 mi away

2%17

Mobile, AL34.2 mi away

1%13

Leakesville15.2 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%414

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

How far

How far Lucedale commutes

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

36%

29%

31%

36%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lucedale is a job hub

3.36jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lucedale are

3,175 jobs are based in Lucedale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lucedale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lucedale

3,175 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Lucedale residents hold

946 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+5%

Jobs based in Lucedale, 2013 → 2023: 3,024 → 3,175. 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.