Work & commute · Vancleave

Work & commute in Vancleave, MS

Most working residents leave Vancleave for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Pascagoula (21%), Ocean Springs (9%) and Biloxi (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

225 of 2,217 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,992 Vancleave residents head out of town to work, 225 work right here, and 1,763 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vancleave.

1,992live here, work elsewhere

225live and work here

1,763work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vancleave goes to work

Pascagoula14.6 mi away

21%473

Vancleave (in town)right here

10%225

Ocean Springs12 mi away

9%189

Biloxi17.7 mi away

9%189

Gulfport25.1 mi away

8%180

Gautier9.7 mi away

5%121

D'Iberville15 mi away

3%69

Mobile, AL34.7 mi away

3%64

Moss Point11.8 mi away

2%45

Hattiesburg65 mi away

2%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%623

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

How far

How far Vancleave commutes

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

18%

54%

13%

15%

18%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vancleave is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Vancleave are

1,988 jobs are based in Vancleave. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vancleave’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vancleave

1,988 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Vancleave residents hold

2,217 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+27%

Jobs based in Vancleave, 2013 → 2023: 1,562 → 1,988. 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.