Beaumont has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
Only 1% work in Beaumont; the top destination outside it is Hattiesburg (22%, 25 miles). 112 jobs are based in Beaumont, and 197 of its residents work somewhere. A typical one-way commute from Beaumont lasts 13 minutes (Mississippi 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Beaumont on a workday afternoon
On a workday 195 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 110 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Beaumont on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Beaumont goes to work
Where Beaumont clocks in
22% of workers
6% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Beaumont
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Beaumont, 2013 → 2023: 445 → 112. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Beaumont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 13 minutes from Beaumont
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Beaumont workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 469 commuters (the <1% who work from home are left out). Across Mississippi: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Beaumont commutes
About 32% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Beaumont: questions
What is the median household income in Beaumont?
$80,224 (±$25,489) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Beaumont?
14.2%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Beaumont?
13 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. <1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Beaumont work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hattiesburg (22%, 25 mi), Wiggins (6%, 25 mi), New Augusta (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Beaumont without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Beaumont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Beaumont
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.