Gulfport

City Commute Profile

Gulfport, MS

Where Gulfport’s 27,715 resident workers go each day — 41.5% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Biloxi.

MississippiLODES 2023 data
67
Commute Score

67 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Gulfport at a glance
Employed Residents
27,715
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
9.0mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
41.5%
Share working within the area
Work from home
7.3%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Biloxi
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Gulfport proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Gulfport commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Gulfport

27,715 commutes, one dot at a time

Gulfport

Where 27,715 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Gulfport, by worker count.

1Gulfport0.0 mi11,492
2Biloxi9.0 mi5,139
3D’Iberville11.3 mi882
4Ocean Springs16.7 mi641
5Pascagoula32.2 mi633
6Hattiesburg64.3 mi536
7Jackson147.7 mi530
8Long Beach5.9 mi441

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Gulfport.

1Gulfport0.0 mi11,492
2Biloxi9.0 mi3,815
3Long Beach5.9 mi2,070
4D’Iberville11.3 mi917
5Ocean Springs16.7 mi777
6Gautier25.7 mi639
7Diamondhead17.3 mi609
8Pascagoula32.2 mi573

Top industries

The sectors that employ Gulfport’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance23.0%
RTRetail Trade14.2%
AFAccommodation and Food Services12.0%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services8.2%
EDEducational Services6.9%
PAPublic Administration4.6%
TRTransportation and Warehousing4.4%
MFManufacturing4.2%
COConstruction3.6%

Gulfport city profile

Who lives in Gulfport — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
73,003
Median age
38.0yrs
Median household income
$49,919
Median home value
$174,600
Median gross rent
$1,086/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
23.6%
Poverty rate
22.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Gulfport

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

5 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps98%
5 Gbps98%
8 Gbps17%
See all internet providers in Gulfport

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).