Work & commute · Pearl River

Work & commute in Pearl River, MS

65% of Pearl River’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Philadelphia (7%), Forest (2%) and Morton (2%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

65%

1,029 of 1,586 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 557 Pearl River residents head out of town to work, 1,029 work right here, and 3,291 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pearl River.

557live here, work elsewhere

1,029live and work here

3,291work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pearl River goes to work

Pearl River (in town)right here

65%1,029

Philadelphia7.1 mi away

7%107

Forest33.2 mi away

2%30

Morton39.6 mi away

2%27

Jackson65.6 mi away

1%23

Meridian42.9 mi away

1%17

Louisville25 mi away

1%12

Sebastopol16.7 mi away

1%10

Carthage17.4 mi away

0%7

Flowood58 mi away

0%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%317

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

How far

How far Pearl River commutes

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

78%

11%

78%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pearl River is a job hub

2.72jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pearl River are

4,320 jobs are based in Pearl River. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pearl River’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pearl River

4,320 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Pearl River residents hold

1,586 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month34%

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Jobs based in Pearl River, 2013 → 2023: 4,327 → 4,320. 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.