Photo: J.gadbois · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 2.6 jobs in Pascagoula for every working resident, and 18,127 people commute in
For jobs and income Pascagoula is better than 16% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (B−). Employers in Pascagoula report 21,709 jobs, and 8,344 of its residents work somewhere. Measured by household income, Pascagoula is behind 85% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Pascagoula stands out on work
Pascagoula is where the jobs are
Pascagoula has 21,709 jobs, 2.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 35,000 people are in town, 62% more than the 21,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Pascagoula makes and builds things
51% of the jobs based in Pascagoula are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Pascagoula residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
The jobs in Pascagoula pay better than its residents’ jobs
70% of the jobs based in Pascagoula pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 49% of the jobs Pascagoula residents hold. 83% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Pascagoula. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Pascagoula 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Pascagoula
Job access by car holds Pascagoula’s grade up (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (24.4%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pascagoula could be anywhere from D to C.
How a workday changes Pascagoula
On a workday 4,762 residents head out to work and 3,582 work right here.
About 35,000 people are in Pascagoula on a workday afternoon, 62% more than live here.
2.6 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.
A place that makes things: 51% of Pascagoula’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pascagoula, 2013 → 2023: 22,375 → 21,709. 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 Pascagoula’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Pascagoula: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pascagoula workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,590 commuters (the 3% 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.
Commuting in to Pascagoula: where workers come from
Where Pascagoula clocks in
6% 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.
Pascagoula’s commute, mile by mile
About 16% 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.
Most of Pascagoula commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.0% 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 8,894 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). 4.6% of Pascagoula households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pascagoula’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pascagoula next to U.S. towns of 15,000 to 29,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 179 | Madison MS | 28,575 | $119K | 4.8% | 2.0% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 750 | Hernando MS | 18,824 | $77K | 8.8% | 2.5% | 19% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 873 | Ocean Springs MS | 18,993 | $80K | 5.5% | 4.2% | 23% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,671 | Rock Island Township IL | 15,632 | $41K | 32.9% | 7.4% | 12% | C− |
| 1,672 | Pigeon Township IN | 26,995 | $43K | 26.9% | 8.3% | 30% | C− |
| 1,673 | Pascagoula MS | 21,409 | $52K | 24.4% | 7.6% | 43% | C− |
| 1,674 | West Pensacola FL | 20,665 | $41K | 25.8% | 6.7% | 5% | C− |
| 1,675 | Brownwood TX | 18,635 | $49K | 20.9% | 4.8% | 42% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,787 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Pascagoula, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
Pascagoula and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Moss Point (5%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pascagoula workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pascagoula | – | C− | B− | 19 min | $52,222 |
| Moss Point | 5% | D | C | 18 min | $44,296 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Pascagoula’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 Pascagoula: questions
What is the median household income in Pascagoula?
$52,222 (±$6,364) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pascagoula?
24.4%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pascagoula?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pascagoula work?
43% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gulfport (6%, 31 mi), Moss Point (5%, 5 mi), Gautier (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pascagoula walkable?
Pascagoula is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pascagoula without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pascagoula, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pascagoula
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.