Work & commute · Axis

Work & commute in Axis, AL

Most working residents leave Axis for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mobile (40%), Saraland (10%) and Daphne (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 234 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 231 Axis residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 1,099 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Axis.

231live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

1,099work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Axis goes to work

Mobile18.3 mi away

40%93

Saraland6.9 mi away

10%24

Daphne22.3 mi away

3%7

Birmingham193.7 mi away

2%5

Montgomery142.7 mi away

2%5

Prichard12.1 mi away

2%4

Chickasaw11 mi away

1%3

Creola3.4 mi away

1%3

Spanish Fort16.6 mi away

1%3

Axis (in town)right here

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%84

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Axis commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

21%

56%

15%

21%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Axis is a job hub

4.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

4.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Axis are

1,102 jobs are based in Axis. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Axis’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Axis

1,102 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)85%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)10%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month6%

Over $3,333 a month92%

Jobs Axis residents hold

234 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+1167%

Jobs based in Axis, 2013 → 2023: 87 → 1,102. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.