Work & commute · Bay Minette

Work & commute in Bay Minette, AL

Most working residents leave Bay Minette for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Mobile (19%), Daphne (5%) and Fairhope (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

616 of 3,339 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,723 Bay Minette residents head out of town to work, 616 work right here, and 4,330 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bay Minette.

2,723live here, work elsewhere

616live and work here

4,330work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bay Minette goes to work

Mobile24.2 mi away

19%623

Bay Minette (in town)right here

18%616

Daphne19.1 mi away

5%159

Fairhope26 mi away

3%110

Spanish Fort12.4 mi away

3%108

Loxley15 mi away

2%80

Foley34.9 mi away

2%74

Robertsdale23.6 mi away

2%71

Montgomery134.9 mi away

2%61

Atmore25.6 mi away

1%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,387

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

How far

How far Bay Minette commutes

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

23%

36%

25%

17%

23%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bay Minette is balanced between jobs and homes

1.48jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.48 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bay Minette are

4,946 jobs are based in Bay Minette. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bay Minette’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bay Minette

4,946 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Bay Minette residents hold

3,339 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−14%

Jobs based in Bay Minette, 2013 → 2023: 5,768 → 4,946. 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.