Work & commute · Pass Christian

Work & commute in Pass Christian, MS

Most working residents leave Pass Christian for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Gulfport (26%), Biloxi (9%) and Bay St. Louis (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

190 of 1,901 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 1,711 Pass Christian residents head out of town to work, 190 work right here, and 1,180 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pass Christian.

1,711live here, work elsewhere

190live and work here

1,180work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pass Christian goes to work

Gulfport12.3 mi away

26%488

Pass Christian (in town)right here

10%190

Biloxi19.6 mi away

9%180

Bay St. Louis7.2 mi away

6%115

Long Beach5.2 mi away

4%69

Pascagoula40.8 mi away

2%41

D'Iberville22.2 mi away

2%40

Hattiesburg68.5 mi away

2%34

Kiln13.3 mi away

2%29

Waveland9.3 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%687

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

How far

How far Pass Christian commutes

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

40%

34%

18%

40%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pass Christian 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 Pass Christian are

1,370 jobs are based in Pass Christian. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pass Christian’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pass Christian

1,370 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Pass Christian residents hold

1,901 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+14%

Jobs based in Pass Christian, 2013 → 2023: 1,207 → 1,370. 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.