Work & commute · Waveland

Work & commute in Waveland, MS

Most working residents leave Waveland for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Bay St. Louis (15%), Gulfport (11%) and Kiln (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

212 of 2,727 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 2,515 Waveland residents head out of town to work, 212 work right here, and 1,560 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waveland.

2,515live here, work elsewhere

212live and work here

1,560work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waveland goes to work

Bay St. Louis2.8 mi away

15%402

Gulfport21.1 mi away

11%296

Waveland (in town)right here

8%212

Kiln8.7 mi away

4%106

Biloxi28.7 mi away

3%88

Hattiesburg70 mi away

3%83

New Orleans, LA36.4 mi away

3%78

Slidell, LA23.3 mi away

2%67

Pascagoula50.1 mi away

2%51

Jackson147.7 mi away

2%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,295

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

How far

How far Waveland commutes

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

36%

23%

15%

26%

36%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waveland is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waveland are

1,772 jobs are based in Waveland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waveland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waveland

1,772 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Waveland residents hold

2,727 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+4%

Jobs based in Waveland, 2013 → 2023: 1,709 → 1,772. 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.