Photo: Roastedbeanz1 · CC BY 4.0St. Martin has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income C−: better than 23% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #44 of 99 in Mississippi.
Walkability C+: more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns · #59 of 101 in Mississippi.
Household incomes here are lower than in 81% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Mississippi 26, U.S. 26). Only 3% work in St. Martin; the top destination outside it is Biloxi (28%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in St. Martin, in brief
Much of St. Martin works one town over
46% of working residents work in a town that borders St. Martin: Biloxi (28%), D'Iberville (11%) and Ocean Springs (7%). Next door ↓
St. Martin is a place people come home to
There are 748 jobs based in St. Martin, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday St. Martin has about 5,800 people in it, 29% 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.
What’s behind St. Martin’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, St. Martin is better than 23% of U.S. towns, #44 of 99 in Mississippi. Job access by car holds St. Martin’s grade up (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($55,000, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, St. Martin could be anywhere from D to B.
St. Martin quiets down on a workday
On a workday 3,041 residents head out to work, 88 work right here, and 660 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,800 people are in St. Martin on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.24 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.
28% of working residents work in Biloxi
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where St. Martin clocks in
28% of workers
15% of workers
11% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 748 jobs in St. Martin are
748 jobs are based in St. Martin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. Martin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Martin, 2013 → 2023: 636 → 748. 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.
About 22 minutes each way, quicker than most of Mississippi
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Martin workers work from home, vs 6% across Mississippi. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,313 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.
Half of St. Martin commutes less than 8 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from St. Martin start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, St. Martin is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns, #59 of 101 in Mississippi. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.2% 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 3,487 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). 9.0% of St. Martin households have no vehicle (Mississippi 6.3%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of St. Martin’s commuters take a bus or train.
St. Martin is 2,496th of 3,007 U.S. towns of 5,700 to 11,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of St. Martin, the top three, the last and three more from Mississippi.
| # | 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 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 962 | Gulf Park Estates MS | 6,264 | $66K | 5.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,415 | Diamondhead MS | 9,441 | $87K | 7.0% | 4.2% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,807 | Pass Christian MS | 6,459 | $78K | 8.4% | 5.6% | 10% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,494 | Devils Lake ND | 7,333 | $43K | 21.8% | 1.7% | 53% | C− |
| 2,495 | Herkimer NY | 9,432 | $56K | 21.7% | 4.9% | 21% | C− |
| 2,496 | St. Martin MS | 8,139 | $55K | 17.2% | 6.7% | 3% | C− |
| 2,497 | Semmes AL | 6,259 | $66K | 22.5% | 6.8% | 3% | C− |
| 2,498 | Carmi Township IL | 6,003 | $53K | 18.8% | 2.7% | 29% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,007 | 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.
46% of St. Martin works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Biloxi (28%). Darker towns draw more of St. Martin’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Martin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Martin | – | C− | C+ | 22 min | $55,000 |
| Gulf Hills | under 2% | C+ | C− | 26 min | $72,839 |
| D'Iberville | 11% | B− | C+ | 27 min | $66,016 |
| Biloxi | 28% | C− | A− | 21 min | $57,204 |
| Latimer | under 2% | C | D | 25 min | $70,237 |
| Ocean Springs | 7% | B+ | B− | 26 min | $79,712 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 St. Martin: questions
What is the median household income in St. Martin?
$55,000 (±$6,876) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $56,447 across Mississippi and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Martin?
17.2%, against 18.9% across Mississippi and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Martin?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Mississippi and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Martin work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Biloxi (28%, 4 mi), Gulfport (15%, 12 mi), D'Iberville (11%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is St. Martin walkable?
St. Martin is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around St. Martin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Martin, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Martin
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.