Gulf Park Estates has lower unemployment (1.0%) than 94% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 65% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Gulf Park Estates A−; getting around on foot earns it C+. The trip to work takes 26 minutes on average (Mississippi 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Gulf Park Estates at work: what stands out
Where Gulf Park Estates’ Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Gulf Park Estates is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #6 of 99 in Mississippi. Unemployment holds Gulf Park Estates’ grade up; household income pulls it down ($65,556, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Gulf Park Estates could be anywhere from B− to A.
Who commutes out of Gulf Park Estates, and who commutes in
On a workday 2,314 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 225 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,200 people are in Gulf Park Estates on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.11 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
17% of working residents work in Biloxi
Where Gulf Park Estates clocks in
17% of workers
17% of workers
16% 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.
What work there is in Gulf Park Estates: 249 jobs
249 jobs are based in Gulf Park Estates.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gulf Park Estates, 2013 → 2023: 226 → 249. 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 Gulf Park Estates’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Gulf Park Estates: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gulf Park Estates workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,953 commuters (the 5% 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.
Miles to work from Gulf Park Estates
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.
Driving is how Gulf Park Estates gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gulf Park Estates is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns, #52 of 101 in Mississippi. Both inputs place Gulf Park Estates 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 3,122 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 Gulf Park Estates households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gulf Park Estates’ commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,400 to 8,500, Gulf Park Estates ranks 949th of 3,349 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 947 | Fircrest WA | 6,959 | $114K | 5.7% | 6.8% | 3% | A− |
| 948 | North Berwick ME | 5,355 | $102K | 4.4% | 3.7% | 14% | A− |
| 949 | Gulf Park Estates MS | 6,264 | $66K | 5.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A− |
| 950 | Loxley AL | 6,131 | $108K | 11.7% | 1.4% | 4% | A− |
| 951 | Hillside IL | 8,140 | $72K | 6.6% | 4.1% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 958 | Saltillo MS | 5,060 | $81K | 6.8% | 1.3% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,578 | Vancleave MS | 5,078 | $70K | 6.2% | 3.0% | 10% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,580 | Florence MS | 4,816 | $86K | 6.7% | 6.3% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,349 | 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 Gulf Park Estates, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
Bordering towns draw 17% of Gulf Park Estates’ workers
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gulf Park Estates workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf Park Estates | – | A− | C+ | 26 min | $65,556 |
| Ocean Springs | 17% | B+ | B− | 26 min | $79,712 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Ocean Springs. Darker towns draw more of Gulf Park Estates’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 Gulf Park Estates: questions
What is the median household income in Gulf Park Estates?
$65,556 (±$13,637) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gulf Park Estates?
5.0%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gulf Park Estates?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gulf Park Estates work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Biloxi (17%, 11 mi), Ocean Springs (17%, 2 mi), Pascagoula (16%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gulf Park Estates walkable?
Gulf Park Estates is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gulf Park Estates 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 Gulf Park Estates, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gulf Park Estates
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.