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Jobs & commute in D'Iberville

D'Iberville has lower unemployment (3.1%) than 68% of U.S. towns

The average commute takes 27 minutes each way, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. Jobs and income earn D'Iberville B−; getting around on foot earns it C+. About one in seven work in D'Iberville itself; outside it, Biloxi draws the most (30%, 3 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

What stands out · In brief

Where D'Iberville stands out on work

D'Iberville and Biloxi trade workers both ways

Biloxi is the top workplace for D'Iberville residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in D'Iberville come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓

D'Iberville has added jobs fast

Jobs based in D'Iberville went from 4,538 in 2013 to 6,754 in 2023, +49%. The jobs ↓

Many jobs in D'Iberville pay little

26% of the jobs based in D'Iberville pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 36% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓

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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.

Jobs & income grade

The figures behind D'Iberville’s Jobs & income grade

On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, D'Iberville is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #26 of 99 in Mississippi. Unemployment holds D'Iberville’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (18.8%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.

Household income $66,016 (±$12,055) · MS $56,447 · U.S. $80,734Higher than 36% of U.S. towns
Poverty 18.8% · MS 18.9% · U.S. 12.5%Lower than 17% of U.S. towns
Unemployment 3.1% (±2.0) · MS 5.8% · U.S. 5.2%Lower than 68% of U.S. towns
Job access by car EPA, jobs within a 45-minute driveMore than 66% of U.S. towns
Mississippi towns we grade 99 towns#26 of 99
C−B+

A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, D'Iberville could be anywhere from C− to B+.

How TownRatings grades jobs & income →

★ What stands out · The commute map

Where D'Iberville’s working residents head each day

Long BeachOcean Springs: 279 residents work here (5%)D'IbervillePascagoula: 268 residents work here (5%)Biloxi: 1,551 residents work here (30%)Gautier: 90 residents work here (2%)Gulfport: 861 residents work here (17%)Jackson: 78 residents work here (2%)Hattiesburg: 74 residents work here (1%)St. Martin: 46 residents work here (1%)Gulf HillsLatimerVancleave: 50 residents work here (1%)BiloxiGulfportOcean SpringsPascagoulaGautierJacksonD'Iberville
1
Biloxi2.7 mi away
30%1,551
2
Gulfport10.5 mi away
17%861
3
D'Iberville (in town)right here
13%666
4
Ocean Springs7 mi away
5%279
5
Pascagoula21 mi away
5%268
6
Gautier14.3 mi away
2%90
7
Jackson150.9 mi away
2%78
8
Hattiesburg64.7 mi away
1%74
9
Vancleave15 mi away
1%50
10
St. Martin2 mi away
1%46
Everywhere elseother towns and states
22%1,130
The top trips

Where D'Iberville clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Jobs in D'Iberville: what the 6,754 are

Jobs based in D'IbervilleJobs D'Iberville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms4%12%
Trade, transport & utilities37%16%
Services: health, schools, offices60%72%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less26%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month43%37%
Over $3,333 a month31%47%

Who does it

29 or younger36%24%
30 to 5446%55%
55 and older18%20%
+49%

Jobs based in D'Iberville, 2013 → 2023: 4,538 → 6,754. 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 D'Iberville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of D'Iberville

On a workday 4,427 residents head out to work, 666 work right here, and 6,088 people come in from elsewhere.

4,427live here, work elsewhere
666live and work here
6,088work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night14,000
Workday15,000
14,000live here− 4,400head out to work+ 6,100come in to work= 15,000on a workday

About 15,000 people are in D'Iberville on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
1.33jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

Time on the road

Time on the road from D'Iberville: about 27 minutes

A year of commuting
207 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

D'Iberville27 min
Mississippi26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
4%

of D'Iberville workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How D'Iberville gets to work
88%Drive alone
10%Carpool
<1%Transit
1%Walk
1%Bike

Share of the 5,961 commuters (the 4% 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 far

Where in the region D'Iberville works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBiloxi: 30% · 2.7 miGulfport: 17% · 10.5 miOcean Springs: 5% · 7 miPascagoula: 5% · 21 miGautier: 2% · 14.3 miJackson: 2% · 150.9 miHattiesburg: 1% · 64.7 miVancleave: 1% · 15 miSt. Martin: 1% · 2 miBiloxi 30%Gulfport 17%Ocean Springs 5%Pascagoula 5%Gautier 2%D'Iberville
D'IbervilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
55%Under 10 mi2,768 residents
26%10–24 mi1,309 residents
4%25–50 mi218 residents
14%Over 50 mi725 residents

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.

Getting around · Walkability grade

Getting around D'Iberville: mostly by car

On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, D'Iberville is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns, #53 of 101 in Mississippi. Both inputs place D'Iberville near the same point nationally.

EPA walkability index 6.6 of 20 · typical MS town 6.7 · U.S. 6.9Higher than 45% of U.S. towns
Walk, bike or transit 1.7% of commuters · MS 1.8% · U.S. 7.1%Higher than 41% of U.S. towns
Mississippi towns we grade 101 towns#53 of 101
C+C+

A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,226 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). 2.5% of D'Iberville households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of D'Iberville’s commuters take a bus or train.

Towns its size

1,651st of 2,526: where D'Iberville ranks among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000

#TownPeopleHousehold incomePovertyUnemploymentWork in townGrade
1Des Peres MO9,102$224K2.0%0.5%5%A+
2Beverly Hills MI10,449$177K1.7%1.6%3%A+
3New Albany OH11,803$238K1.4%0.9%11%A+
…
1,280Diamondhead MS9,441$87K7.0%4.2%8%B
…
1,334Flowood MS11,003$84K13.4%4.1%15%B
…
1,540Byram MS12,707$70K9.1%5.4%4%B−
…
1,649Four Corners OR16,275$70K13.9%4.7%2%B−
1,650Augusta KS9,073$65K11.9%4.2%15%B−
1,651D'Iberville MS13,557$66K18.8%3.1%13%B−
1,652Tate Township OH9,527$78K11.1%3.5%7%B−
1,653Gulfport FL11,404$71K13.4%6.2%7%B−
…
2,526Douglas AZ16,038$42K27.8%12.3%29%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.

Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of D'Iberville, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.

Next door

31% of D'Iberville works in a bordering town

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Biloxi21 min
St. Martin22 min
Latimer25 min
D'Iberville27 min

Jobs & commute next door

TownD'Iberville workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
D'Iberville–B−C+27 min$66,016
Biloxi30%C−A−21 min$57,204
St. Martin1%C−C+22 min$55,000
Latimerunder 1%CD25 min$70,237

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Biloxi. Darker towns draw more of D'Iberville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in D'Iberville: questions

What is the median household income in D'Iberville?

$66,016 (±$12,055) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in D'Iberville?

18.8%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from D'Iberville?

27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in D'Iberville work?

13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Biloxi (30%, 3 mi), Gulfport (17%, 10 mi), Ocean Springs (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Is D'Iberville walkable?

D'Iberville is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.

Can you get around D'Iberville without a car?

<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from D'Iberville, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of D'Iberville

D'Iberville home →

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.