Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Moss Point have lower incomes than those in 93% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 18 minutes each way (Mississippi 26, U.S. 26). 20.0% of residents are in poverty; Mississippi has 18.9%. For jobs and income Moss Point is better than 12% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Moss Point at work: what stands out
Moss Point and Pascagoula trade workers both ways
Pascagoula is the top workplace for Moss Point residents (32%) and also where the most people who work in Moss Point come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Moss Point are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 26 across Mississippi. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Mississippi worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Moss Point workers earn over $40,000 a year
44% of Moss Point’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 19% earn $1,250 a month or less. 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Moss Point
Job access by car holds Moss Point’s grade up (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (12.0%, U.S. 5.2%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Moss Point could be anywhere from D to C−.
32% of working residents work in Pascagoula
Where Moss Point clocks in
32% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
About 18 minutes each way for Moss Point’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moss Point workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,831 commuters (the 6% 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.
What the 3,065 jobs in Moss Point are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moss Point, 2013 → 2023: 3,970 → 3,065. 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 Moss Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily commute in and out of Moss Point
On a workday 3,797 residents head out to work, 469 work right here, and 2,596 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Moss Point on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.72 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.
How far Moss Point’s workers travel
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.
For most of Moss Point, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% of 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 4,076 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). 7.7% of Moss Point households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Moss Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000, and where Moss Point sits
| # | 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+ |
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| 1,339 | Diamondhead MS | 9,441 | $87K | 7.0% | 4.2% | 8% | B |
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| 1,401 | Flowood MS | 11,003 | $84K | 13.4% | 4.1% | 15% | B |
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| 1,610 | Byram MS | 12,707 | $70K | 9.1% | 5.4% | 4% | B− |
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| 2,488 | Lewistown PA | 8,385 | $40K | 35.7% | 4.3% | 13% | D |
| 2,489 | Brownfield TX | 8,762 | $42K | 21.2% | 5.1% | 31% | D |
| 2,490 | Moss Point MS | 11,743 | $44K | 20.0% | 12.0% | 11% | D |
| 2,491 | Sequim WA | 8,215 | $60K | 12.9% | 9.7% | 22% | D |
| 2,492 | Clanton AL | 9,289 | $48K | 18.1% | 7.1% | 23% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Moss Point, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
32% of Moss Point works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Moss Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moss Point | – | D | C | 18 min | $44,296 |
| Pascagoula | 32% | C− | B− | 19 min | $52,222 |
| Escatawpa | under 2% | D | D | 24 min | $40,109 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Pascagoula. Darker towns draw more of Moss Point’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 Moss Point: questions
What is the median household income in Moss Point?
$44,296 (±$6,970) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moss Point?
20.0%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moss Point?
18 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moss Point work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pascagoula (32%, 5 mi), Biloxi (6%, 24 mi), Gulfport (6%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Moss Point walkable?
Moss Point is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Moss Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moss Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moss Point
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.