Work & commute · Chickasaw

Work & commute in Chickasaw, AL

Most working residents leave Chickasaw for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Mobile (48%), Saraland (6%) and Daphne (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

80 of 2,532 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 2,452 Chickasaw residents head out of town to work, 80 work right here, and 793 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chickasaw.

2,452live here, work elsewhere

80live and work here

793work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chickasaw goes to work

Mobile7.3 mi away

48%1,222

Saraland5.9 mi away

6%143

Chickasaw (in town)right here

3%80

Daphne15.7 mi away

3%70

Prichard3.1 mi away

2%56

Tillmans Corner15.3 mi away

2%39

Fairhope21 mi away

1%36

Montgomery152.5 mi away

1%36

Spanish Fort13.1 mi away

1%34

Pascagoula, MS40.1 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%784

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

How far

How far Chickasaw commutes

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

56%

24%

14%

56%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chickasaw is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.34 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Chickasaw are

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

Jobs based in Chickasaw

873 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Chickasaw residents hold

2,532 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

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Jobs based in Chickasaw, 2013 → 2023: 875 → 873. 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.