Most of DeLisle commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
186 jobs are based in DeLisle, against 456 working residents. Jobs and income earn DeLisle B; getting around on foot earns it D. Only 4% work in DeLisle; the top destination outside it is Gulfport (30%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in DeLisle, in brief
30% of DeLisle works in Gulfport
135 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Gulfport, 13 miles away. That’s 8 times as many as work in DeLisle itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from DeLisle are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Mississippi. That’s about 54 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; with 456 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
DeLisle’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, DeLisle is better than 57% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds DeLisle’s grade up (7.2%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($71,917, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (3.9%) is left out: DeLisle’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, DeLisle could be anywhere from C− to A.
Where DeLisle’s working residents head each day
Where DeLisle clocks in
30% of workers
9% of workers
4% 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.
Each way, about 19 minutes from DeLisle
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of DeLisle workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 692 commuters (the 2% 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.
DeLisle by day and by night
On a workday 440 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in DeLisle on a workday afternoon, 14% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in DeLisle
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in DeLisle, 2013 → 2023: 281 → 186. 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 DeLisle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from DeLisle to work
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.
DeLisle is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, DeLisle is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place DeLisle near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 709 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). 0.0% of DeLisle households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of DeLisle’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,921 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600, DeLisle comes 1,915th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,900 | Lynchburg MS | 2,161 | $89K | 7.1% | 10.2% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,913 | Lewiston MN | 1,514 | $92K | 5.2% | 1.6% | 16% | B |
| 1,914 | Stanley WI | 2,492 | $68K | 8.4% | 0.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,915 | DeLisle MS | 1,906 | $72K | 7.2% | 3.9% | 4% | B |
| 1,916 | Redfield AR | 1,492 | $72K | 8.3% | 3.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,917 | North Liberty IN | 1,624 | $75K | 8.3% | 6.4% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,949 | Sumrall MS | 2,299 | $70K | 4.4% | 6.9% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,223 | Arnold Line MS | 1,859 | $54K | 16.0% | 0.0% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 DeLisle, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
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 DeLisle: questions
What is the median household income in DeLisle?
$71,917 (±$50,976) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in DeLisle?
7.2%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from DeLisle?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in DeLisle work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gulfport (30%, 13 mi), Biloxi (9%, 20 mi), Pass Christian (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is DeLisle walkable?
DeLisle is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around DeLisle without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from DeLisle, from the people who make the trip.
More of DeLisle
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.