Work & commute · Moss Point

Work & commute in Moss Point, MS

Most working residents leave Moss Point for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Pascagoula (32%), Biloxi (6%) and Gulfport (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

469 of 4,266 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 3,797 Moss Point residents head out of town to work, 469 work right here, and 2,596 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moss Point.

3,797live here, work elsewhere

469live and work here

2,596work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moss Point goes to work

Pascagoula4.8 mi away

32%1,385

Moss Point (in town)right here

11%469

Biloxi24 mi away

6%275

Gulfport32 mi away

6%262

Ocean Springs15.3 mi away

5%194

Mobile, AL30.3 mi away

4%172

Gautier7.7 mi away

3%147

Jackson163.9 mi away

2%83

D'Iberville21.6 mi away

2%81

Hattiesburg76.6 mi away

1%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%1,135

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

How far

How far Moss Point commutes

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

51%

15%

18%

51%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moss Point is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moss Point are

3,065 jobs are based in Moss Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moss Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Moss Point

3,065 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Moss Point residents hold

4,266 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−23%

Jobs based in Moss Point, 2013 → 2023: 3,970 → 3,065. 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.