Photo: Woodlot · CC BY-SA 3.0Biloxi has 1.6 jobs for every working resident: 21,184 people commute in to work
Jobs & income C−: better than 24% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #43 of 99 in Mississippi.
Walkability A−: more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns · #1 of 101 in Mississippi.
Household incomes here are lower than in 78% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 21 minutes each way (Mississippi 26, U.S. 26). About one in three work in Biloxi; the top destination outside it is Gulfport (21%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Biloxi
Biloxi and Gulfport trade workers both ways
Gulfport is the top workplace for Biloxi residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Biloxi come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Biloxi is where the jobs are
Biloxi has 27,164 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Most Biloxi residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Commutes from Biloxi are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 26 across Mississippi. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Mississippi worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
What’s behind Biloxi’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Biloxi is better than 24% of U.S. towns, #43 of 99 in Mississippi. Job access by car holds Biloxi’s grade up (ahead of 68% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.7%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Biloxi could be anywhere from C− to C.
Where Biloxi’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Biloxi clocks in
21% of workers
6% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Biloxi fills up on a workday
On a workday 10,870 residents head out to work, 5,980 work right here, and 21,184 people come in from elsewhere.
About 59,000 people are in Biloxi on a workday afternoon, 21% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Biloxi commutes less than 7 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 17% 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.
About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Mississippi
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Biloxi workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 21,475 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Mississippi: 87% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
27,164 jobs are based in Biloxi. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Biloxi’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Biloxi, 2013 → 2023: 27,097 → 27,164. 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.
Biloxi is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Biloxi is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns, #1 of 101 in Mississippi. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 1.8% across Mississippi, on an EPA index of 7.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 23,085 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 7.3% of Biloxi households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Biloxi’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Biloxi compares with U.S. towns of 34,000 to 65,000
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Biloxi, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| 3 | Upper Arlington OH | 35,893 | $155K | 3.3% | 2.0% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Olive Branch MS | 47,563 | $101K | 4.6% | 2.4% | 19% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 471 | Southaven MS | 57,819 | $78K | 12.6% | 3.3% | 17% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 744 | Tupelo MS | 38,087 | $66K | 15.1% | 5.2% | 53% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 825 | Calumet City IL | 34,798 | $55K | 23.4% | 10.6% | 4% | C− |
| 826 | Lauderdale Lakes FL | 36,898 | $50K | 21.7% | 8.7% | 3% | C− |
| 827 | Biloxi MS | 48,516 | $57K | 16.4% | 7.7% | 35% | C− |
| 828 | Longview WA | 38,362 | $62K | 16.0% | 6.0% | 27% | C− |
| 829 | Battle Creek MI | 52,021 | $56K | 17.6% | 7.0% | 37% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 909 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
31% of Biloxi works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Gulfport (21%). Darker towns draw more of Biloxi’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Biloxi workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biloxi | – | C− | A− | 21 min | $57,204 |
| Gulfport | 21% | D | B+ | 22 min | $49,919 |
| D'Iberville | 6% | B− | C+ | 27 min | $66,016 |
| Ocean Springs | 4% | B+ | B− | 26 min | $79,712 |
| St. Martin | under 1% | C− | C+ | 22 min | $55,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Biloxi: questions
What is the median household income in Biloxi?
$57,204 (±$3,986) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Biloxi?
16.4%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Biloxi?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Biloxi work?
35% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gulfport (21%, 8 mi), D'Iberville (6%, 3 mi), Ocean Springs (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Biloxi walkable?
Biloxi is more walkable than 82% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Biloxi without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Biloxi, from the people who make the trip.
More of Biloxi
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.