Work & commute · Perdido Beach

Work & commute in Perdido Beach, AL

Most working residents leave Perdido Beach for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Pensacola (11%), Foley (10%) and Mobile (9%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 197 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 195 Perdido Beach residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perdido Beach.

195live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Perdido Beach goes to work

Pensacola, FL19.6 mi away

11%21

Foley10.2 mi away

10%19

Mobile42 mi away

9%18

Orange Beach6.8 mi away

6%12

Gulf Shores12.9 mi away

6%11

Daphne29 mi away

4%7

Brent, FL17.2 mi away

3%6

Montgomery156 mi away

2%4

Goulding, FL17.5 mi away

2%4

Ensley, FL18.3 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%91

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

How far

How far Perdido Beach commutes

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

19%

43%

23%

14%

19%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Perdido Beach is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Perdido Beach are

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

Jobs based in Perdido Beach

68 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities1%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Perdido Beach residents hold

197 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+750%

Jobs based in Perdido Beach, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 68. 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.