George Austin McHenry House · Photo: Woodlot · CC BY-SA 3.0Saucier has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Household incomes here are lower than in 88% of U.S. towns. Employers in Saucier report 97 jobs, and 377 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Saucier D−; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Saucier: the gist
Saucier and Gulfport trade workers both ways
Gulfport is the top workplace for Saucier residents (36%) and also where the most people who work in Saucier come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Saucier workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 26 across Mississippi. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 115 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Saucier is a place people come home to
There are 97 jobs based in Saucier, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Saucier has about 730 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 377 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Saucier
On income, poverty and job access, Saucier is better than 5% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Saucier’s grade up (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (31.8%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (7.8%) is left out: Saucier’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Saucier could be anywhere from D− to C−.
36% of working residents work in Gulfport
Where Saucier clocks in
36% of workers
12% 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.
Saucier’s commute takes about 41 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Saucier workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 350 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.
Saucier by day and by night
On a workday 372 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Saucier on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
The kinds of work in Saucier
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Saucier, 2013 → 2023: 103 → 97. 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 Saucier’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Saucier, by distance
About 15% 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 Saucier: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Saucier is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Saucier 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 350 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). 1.9% of Saucier households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Saucier’s commuters take a bus or train.
Saucier and other U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 999 | Columbus AFB MS | 1,293 | $70K | 6.3% | 1.9% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,160 | Hurley MS | 1,305 | $133K | 12.6% | 4.7% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,242 | Robinhood MS | 1,298 | $70K | 14.1% | 5.1% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,823 | North Mahoning Township PA | 1,319 | $55K | 20.6% | 4.1% | 3% | D− |
| 2,824 | West Mahoning Township PA | 1,309 | $55K | 30.5% | 4.2% | <1% | D− |
| 2,825 | Saucier MS | 1,014 | $50K | 31.8% | 7.8% | 1% | D− |
| 2,826 | Redkey IN | 1,071 | $43K | 34.6% | 5.5% | 3% | D− |
| 2,827 | Greenwood Township MI | 1,132 | $55K | 20.7% | 12.0% | <1% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Saucier, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
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 Saucier: questions
What is the median household income in Saucier?
$50,183 (±$21,459) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Saucier?
31.8%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Saucier?
41 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Saucier work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gulfport (36%, 15 mi), Biloxi (12%, 18 mi), D'Iberville (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Saucier walkable?
Saucier is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Saucier without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Saucier, from the people who make the trip.
More of Saucier
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.