Work & commute · Nicholson

Work & commute in Nicholson, MS

Most working residents leave Nicholson for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Picayune (21%), Slidell (6%) and New Orleans (4%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 878 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 864 Nicholson residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 169 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nicholson.

864live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

169work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nicholson goes to work

Picayune3.3 mi away

21%186

Slidell, LA14.8 mi away

6%57

New Orleans, LA33.3 mi away

4%33

Hattiesburg60.8 mi away

3%28

Gulfport37.7 mi away

3%24

Kiln16.6 mi away

3%24

Jackson129.8 mi away

2%20

Mobile, AL95.3 mi away

2%17

Biloxi45.5 mi away

2%14

Nicholson (in town)right here

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%461

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

How far

How far Nicholson commutes

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

32%

18%

20%

30%

32%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nicholson is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nicholson are

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

Jobs based in Nicholson

183 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Nicholson residents hold

878 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+71%

Jobs based in Nicholson, 2013 → 2023: 107 → 183. 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.