Work & commute · Point Clear

Work & commute in Point Clear, AL

Most working residents leave Point Clear for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mobile (19%), Fairhope (18%) and Daphne (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 758 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 750 Point Clear residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 427 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Point Clear.

750live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

427work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Point Clear goes to work

Mobile17.2 mi away

19%147

Fairhope3.1 mi away

18%138

Daphne9.7 mi away

8%63

Foley15.7 mi away

6%42

Gulf Shores19.1 mi away

2%18

Robertsdale13.2 mi away

2%16

Bay Minette28.8 mi away

2%12

Spanish Fort16.6 mi away

2%12

Birmingham220 mi away

1%11

Loxley16.7 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%289

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

How far

How far Point Clear commutes

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

35%

42%

16%

35%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Point Clear is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Point Clear are

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

Jobs based in Point Clear

435 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Point Clear residents hold

758 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+133%

Jobs based in Point Clear, 2013 → 2023: 187 → 435. 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.