Photo: DwayneP · CC BY-SA 3.0Making a living in Moselle
Hardly any work in Moselle; the top destination outside it is Hattiesburg (29%, 14 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 6% for Mississippi as a whole. Moselle has 191 jobs, and 114 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Moselle by day and by night
On a workday 114 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in Moselle on a workday afternoon, 87% more than live here.
1.7 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.
Where Moselle’s workforce comes from
Where Moselle clocks in
29% of workers
13% 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.
69% of the jobs in Moselle pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moselle, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 191. 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 Moselle’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Moselle
of Moselle workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 62 commuters (the 0% 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 distance from Moselle to work
About 18% 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.
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 Moselle: questions
What is the poverty rate in Moselle?
0.0%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Moselle work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hattiesburg (29%, 14 mi), Laurel (13%, 15 mi), Collins (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Moselle 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 Moselle, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moselle
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.