Work & commute · Prichard

Work & commute in Prichard, AL

Most working residents leave Prichard for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Mobile (51%), Saraland (4%) and Daphne (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

247 of 6,927 working residents

Typical commute

8 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 6,680 Prichard residents head out of town to work, 247 work right here, and 3,259 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prichard.

6,680live here, work elsewhere

247live and work here

3,259work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prichard goes to work

Mobile7.4 mi away

51%3,547

Saraland5.7 mi away

4%250

Prichard (in town)right here

4%247

Daphne18.2 mi away

2%171

Tillmans Corner14.1 mi away

2%139

Montgomery154.6 mi away

2%131

Birmingham205.7 mi away

1%96

Spanish Fort16.1 mi away

1%87

Pascagoula, MS38.1 mi away

1%87

Fairhope23 mi away

1%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%2,095

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

How far

How far Prichard commutes

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

58%

20%

16%

58%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prichard is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Prichard are

3,506 jobs are based in Prichard. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Prichard’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Prichard

3,506 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Prichard residents hold

6,927 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−20%

Jobs based in Prichard, 2013 → 2023: 4,366 → 3,506. 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.