Photo: Roastedbeanz1 · CC BY 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Diamondhead works elsewhere
There are 1,203 jobs in Diamondhead, and 3,643 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Diamondhead is better than 62% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (C−). 15% of workers have no commute at all; Mississippi has 6%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Diamondhead in brief
Diamondhead workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 26 across Mississippi. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Diamondhead
60% of Diamondhead residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 42% of the jobs based in Diamondhead pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Diamondhead
The poverty rate holds Diamondhead’s grade up (7.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Diamondhead could be anywhere from C to A.
About 37 minutes each way for Diamondhead’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Diamondhead workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,213 commuters (the 15% 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.
The kinds of work in Diamondhead
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Diamondhead, 2013 → 2023: 923 → 1,203. 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 Diamondhead’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Diamondhead by day and by night
On a workday 3,358 residents head out to work, 285 work right here, and 918 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,000 people are in Diamondhead on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
16% of working residents work in Gulfport
Where Diamondhead clocks in
16% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
How far it is to work from Diamondhead
About 23% 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.
Getting around Diamondhead: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 1.8% across Mississippi.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,767 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). 0.9% of Diamondhead households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Diamondhead’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,351st of 2,806: where Diamondhead ranks among U.S. towns of 6,600 to 12,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,349 | Newstead NY | 8,695 | $71K | 6.6% | 4.3% | 18% | B |
| 1,350 | Union OH | 7,177 | $73K | 12.6% | 2.8% | 3% | B |
| 1,351 | Diamondhead MS | 9,441 | $87K | 7.0% | 4.2% | 8% | B |
| 1,352 | Acton CA | 7,880 | $113K | 13.1% | 3.3% | 5% | B |
| 1,353 | Half Moon NC | 7,378 | $69K | 7.9% | 1.3% | 1% | B |
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| 1,413 | Flowood MS | 11,003 | $84K | 13.4% | 4.1% | 15% | B |
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| 1,645 | Petal MS | 11,694 | $75K | 11.1% | 3.6% | 14% | B− |
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| 1,701 | Waveland MS | 7,042 | $69K | 10.8% | 3.4% | 8% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,806 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Diamondhead, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
Diamondhead and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Bay St. Louis (8%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Diamondhead workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diamondhead | – | B | C− | 37 min | $87,407 |
| Bay St. Louis | 8% | C− | B | 27 min | $67,442 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Diamondhead’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Diamondhead: questions
What is the median household income in Diamondhead?
$87,407 (±$15,076) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Diamondhead?
7.0%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Diamondhead?
37 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Diamondhead work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gulfport (16%, 16 mi), Bay St. Louis (8%, 6 mi), Kiln (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Diamondhead walkable?
Diamondhead is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Diamondhead without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Diamondhead, from the people who make the trip.
More of Diamondhead
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.