Work & commute · Daphne

Work & commute in Daphne, AL

Most working residents leave Daphne for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Mobile (30%), Fairhope (10%) and Spanish Fort (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,673 of 11,770 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,097 Daphne residents head out of town to work, 1,673 work right here, and 9,689 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Daphne.

10,097live here, work elsewhere

1,673live and work here

9,689work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Daphne goes to work

Mobile14 mi away

30%3,516

Daphne (in town)right here

14%1,673

Fairhope7.1 mi away

10%1,125

Spanish Fort6.9 mi away

5%559

Foley20 mi away

3%348

Bay Minette19.1 mi away

2%206

Robertsdale11.3 mi away

2%177

Montgomery152.3 mi away

1%162

Loxley9 mi away

1%154

Saraland20.9 mi away

1%115

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%3,735

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

How far

How far Daphne commutes

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

38%

42%

12%

38%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Daphne is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Daphne are

11,362 jobs are based in Daphne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Daphne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Daphne

11,362 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Daphne residents hold

11,770 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+37%

Jobs based in Daphne, 2013 → 2023: 8,279 → 11,362. 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.