Work & commute · Pearl

Work & commute in Pearl, MS

Most working residents leave Pearl for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (28%), Flowood (11%) and Ridgeland (7%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,558 of 10,860 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 9,302 Pearl residents head out of town to work, 1,558 work right here, and 11,386 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pearl.

9,302live here, work elsewhere

1,558live and work here

11,386work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pearl goes to work

Jackson7.6 mi away

28%3,034

Pearl (in town)right here

14%1,558

Flowood4.6 mi away

11%1,147

Ridgeland11.3 mi away

7%734

Brandon6 mi away

5%553

Richland4.8 mi away

4%427

Madison14.2 mi away

2%257

Clinton15.6 mi away

2%200

Florence8.2 mi away

1%144

Canton22.9 mi away

1%97

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%2,709

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

How far

How far Pearl commutes

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

66%

18%

11%

66%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pearl is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pearl are

12,944 jobs are based in Pearl. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pearl’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pearl

12,944 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Pearl residents hold

10,860 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−2%

Jobs based in Pearl, 2013 → 2023: 13,177 → 12,944. 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.