Work & commute · Foley

Work & commute in Foley, AL

About one in 4 of Foley’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Gulf Shores (12%), Mobile (10%) and Orange Beach (9%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

2,031 of 8,291 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,260 Foley residents head out of town to work, 2,031 work right here, and 9,741 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Foley.

6,260live here, work elsewhere

2,031live and work here

9,741work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Foley goes to work

Foley (in town)right here

24%2,031

Gulf Shores8.5 mi away

12%1,011

Mobile32.2 mi away

10%797

Orange Beach8.4 mi away

9%762

Fairhope15.2 mi away

3%284

Daphne20 mi away

3%222

Robertsdale11.3 mi away

2%153

Bay Minette34.9 mi away

2%135

Montgomery158.1 mi away

1%115

Birmingham222.2 mi away

1%103

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%2,678

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

How far

How far Foley commutes

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

49%

20%

18%

14%

49%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Foley is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Foley are

11,772 jobs are based in Foley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Foley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Foley

11,772 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Foley residents hold

8,291 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+33%

Jobs based in Foley, 2013 → 2023: 8,858 → 11,772. 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.