Work & commute · Dauphin Island

Work & commute in Dauphin Island, AL

About one in 5 of Dauphin Island’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Mobile (33%), Montgomery (3%) and Bayou La Batre (2%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

136 of 646 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 510 Dauphin Island residents head out of town to work, 136 work right here, and 459 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dauphin Island.

510live here, work elsewhere

136live and work here

459work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dauphin Island goes to work

Mobile28.8 mi away

33%214

Dauphin Island (in town)right here

21%136

Montgomery182.5 mi away

3%17

Bayou La Batre12.7 mi away

2%13

Fairhope24.6 mi away

2%13

Gulf Shores26.7 mi away

2%10

Pascagoula, MS25.4 mi away

2%10

Daphne30.3 mi away

1%8

Birmingham239.8 mi away

1%7

Grand Bay19.1 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%212

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

How far

How far Dauphin Island commutes

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

21%

17%

43%

19%

21%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dauphin Island is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dauphin Island are

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

Jobs based in Dauphin Island

595 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Dauphin Island residents hold

646 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+19%

Jobs based in Dauphin Island, 2013 → 2023: 502 → 595. 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.