Work & commute · Elberta

Work & commute in Elberta, AL

Most working residents leave Elberta for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Foley (19%), Gulf Shores (9%) and Orange Beach (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 758 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 726 Elberta residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 424 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elberta.

726live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

424work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elberta goes to work

Foley4.6 mi away

19%147

Gulf Shores9.2 mi away

9%66

Orange Beach5.5 mi away

8%64

Mobile36.6 mi away

7%51

Elberta (in town)right here

4%32

Daphne24.1 mi away

4%31

Robertsdale14.3 mi away

3%19

Fairhope19.7 mi away

3%19

Summerdale9 mi away

2%13

Bay Minette37.6 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%303

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

How far

How far Elberta commutes

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

47%

24%

15%

47%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elberta is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elberta are

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

Jobs based in Elberta

456 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Elberta residents hold

758 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+88%

Jobs based in Elberta, 2013 → 2023: 242 → 456. 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.