Work & commute · Poplarville

Work & commute in Poplarville, MS

About one in 5 of Poplarville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hattiesburg (10%), Picayune (4%) and Gulfport (4%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

180 of 818 working residents

Typical commute

36 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 638 Poplarville residents head out of town to work, 180 work right here, and 1,683 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poplarville.

638live here, work elsewhere

180live and work here

1,683work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Poplarville goes to work

Poplarville (in town)right here

22%180

Hattiesburg34.7 mi away

10%84

Picayune22.9 mi away

4%35

Gulfport40 mi away

4%31

New Orleans, LA59.5 mi away

4%29

Biloxi45.4 mi away

2%16

Mobile, AL85.3 mi away

2%15

Jackson109.6 mi away

2%15

Petal39.2 mi away

1%12

Slidell, LA40.9 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%390

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

How far

How far Poplarville commutes

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

25%

12%

31%

32%

25%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Poplarville is a job hub

2.28jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Poplarville are

1,863 jobs are based in Poplarville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Poplarville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Poplarville

1,863 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Poplarville residents hold

818 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−10%

Jobs based in Poplarville, 2013 → 2023: 2,078 → 1,863. 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.