Work & commute · Pearlington

Work & commute in Pearlington, MS

Most working residents leave Pearlington for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bay St. Louis (10%), Gulfport (7%) and Slidell (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 423 working residents

Typical commute

30 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 417 Pearlington residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pearlington.

417live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

25work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pearlington goes to work

Bay St. Louis15.5 mi away

10%43

Gulfport34 mi away

7%30

Slidell, LA10.9 mi away

6%27

Kiln15.6 mi away

4%19

New Orleans, LA24 mi away

4%16

Hattiesburg75 mi away

4%16

Biloxi41.7 mi away

3%14

Waveland13 mi away

3%12

Jackson147.1 mi away

3%11

Mobile, AL93.7 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%227

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

How far

How far Pearlington commutes

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

39%

22%

30%

9%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pearlington is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pearlington are

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

Jobs based in Pearlington

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month52%

Over $3,333 a month16%

Jobs Pearlington residents hold

423 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+94%

Jobs based in Pearlington, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 31. 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.