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Work & commute in Creola, AL

Most working residents leave Creola for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mobile (40%), Saraland (7%) and Prichard (2%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
17 of 793 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
2%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 776 Creola residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 661 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Creola.

776live here, work elsewhere
17live and work here
661work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Creola goes to work

ChickasawMount VernonSatsumaCreolaFairhopeCitronellePrichardDaphneSaralandFoleySpanish FortMobileAxisTillmans CornerMobileSaralandPrichardAxisSatsumaFairhopeDaphneSpanish FortFoleyCreola
1
Mobile15.4 mi away
40%321
2
Saraland6 mi away
7%58
3
Creola (in town)right here
2%17
4
Prichard10 mi away
2%15
5
Axis3.4 mi away
2%15
6
Satsuma3.4 mi away
2%14
7
Fairhope25.6 mi away
2%14
8
Daphne19 mi away
2%14
9
Spanish Fort13.5 mi away
1%9
10
Foley38.7 mi away
1%8
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%308

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

How far

How far Creola commutes

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

23%Under 10 mi
53%10–24 mi
12%25–50 mi
12%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Creola is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Creola are

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

Jobs based in Creola

678 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)35%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)38%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Creola residents hold

793 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month56%
+16%

Jobs based in Creola, 2013 → 2023: 587 → 678. 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.

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