Work & commute · Perdido

Work & commute in Perdido, AL

Most working residents leave Perdido for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mobile (15%), Bay Minette (15%) and Atmore (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 308 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 306 Perdido residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Perdido.

306live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

83work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Perdido goes to work

Mobile36.7 mi away

15%47

Bay Minette12.5 mi away

15%46

Atmore13.1 mi away

6%20

Daphne30.2 mi away

5%15

Loxley23.5 mi away

5%15

Spanish Fort24 mi away

4%13

Fairhope36.6 mi away

4%11

Saraland30.2 mi away

2%7

Montgomery122.6 mi away

2%6

Robertsdale31.3 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%123

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

How far

How far Perdido commutes

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

10%

27%

49%

14%

10%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

49%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Perdido is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Perdido are

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

Jobs based in Perdido

85 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Perdido residents hold

308 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−4%

Jobs based in Perdido, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 85. 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.