Work & commute · Port Gibson

Work & commute in Port Gibson, MS

About one in 4 of Port Gibson’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Jackson (10%), Vicksburg (9%) and Ridgeland (4%). Half commute less than 34 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

111 of 474 working residents

Typical commute

34 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 363 Port Gibson residents head out of town to work, 111 work right here, and 891 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Port Gibson.

363live here, work elsewhere

111live and work here

891work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Port Gibson goes to work

Port Gibson (in town)right here

23%111

Jackson51.5 mi away

10%47

Vicksburg26 mi away

9%44

Ridgeland57.9 mi away

4%17

McComb57.6 mi away

3%16

Fayette17.5 mi away

2%8

Pearl56.4 mi away

2%8

Flowood59.4 mi away

2%8

Brookhaven41 mi away

1%7

Beechwood28.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%202

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

How far

How far Port Gibson commutes

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

34%

18%

40%

34%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Port Gibson is a job hub

2.11jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Port Gibson are

1,002 jobs are based in Port Gibson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Port Gibson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Port Gibson

1,002 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Port Gibson residents hold

474 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month35%

−14%

Jobs based in Port Gibson, 2013 → 2023: 1,165 → 1,002. 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.