Work & commute · Picayune

Work & commute in Picayune, MS

About one in 4 of Picayune’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Slidell (7%), New Orleans (4%) and Hattiesburg (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

977 of 4,225 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 3,248 Picayune residents head out of town to work, 977 work right here, and 4,609 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Picayune.

3,248live here, work elsewhere

977live and work here

4,609work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Picayune goes to work

Picayune (in town)right here

23%977

Slidell, LA18 mi away

7%282

New Orleans, LA36.6 mi away

4%184

Hattiesburg57.6 mi away

4%165

Gulfport36.6 mi away

3%140

Kiln16.3 mi away

3%112

Jackson127.4 mi away

2%95

Biloxi44.3 mi away

2%69

Poplarville22.9 mi away

2%65

Mobile, AL93.4 mi away

1%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%2,077

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

How far

How far Picayune commutes

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

33%

20%

19%

29%

33%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Picayune is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Picayune are

5,586 jobs are based in Picayune. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Picayune’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Picayune

5,586 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Picayune residents hold

4,225 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+2%

Jobs based in Picayune, 2013 → 2023: 5,503 → 5,586. 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.