Work & commute · Pascagoula

Work & commute in Pascagoula, MS

43% of Pascagoula’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Gulfport (6%), Moss Point (5%) and Gautier (5%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

3,582 of 8,344 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 4,762 Pascagoula residents head out of town to work, 3,582 work right here, and 18,127 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pascagoula.

4,762live here, work elsewhere

3,582live and work here

18,127work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pascagoula goes to work

Pascagoula (in town)right here

43%3,582

Gulfport30.8 mi away

6%507

Moss Point4.8 mi away

5%415

Gautier6.9 mi away

5%396

Biloxi23.1 mi away

5%384

Ocean Springs14.2 mi away

4%348

Mobile, AL34.1 mi away

4%299

Jackson166.8 mi away

2%163

D'Iberville21 mi away

2%134

Hattiesburg79.5 mi away

1%112

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%2,004

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

How far

How far Pascagoula commutes

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

57%

13%

14%

16%

57%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pascagoula is a job hub

2.60jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pascagoula are

21,709 jobs are based in Pascagoula. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pascagoula’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pascagoula

21,709 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Pascagoula residents hold

8,344 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−3%

Jobs based in Pascagoula, 2013 → 2023: 22,375 → 21,709. 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.