Work & commute · Robertsdale

Work & commute in Robertsdale, AL

Most working residents leave Robertsdale for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Mobile (13%), Foley (10%) and Fairhope (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

244 of 2,778 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 2,534 Robertsdale residents head out of town to work, 244 work right here, and 2,945 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Robertsdale.

2,534live here, work elsewhere

244live and work here

2,945work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Robertsdale goes to work

Mobile25.2 mi away

13%359

Foley11.3 mi away

10%286

Robertsdale (in town)right here

9%244

Fairhope10.7 mi away

7%184

Daphne11.3 mi away

6%163

Orange Beach19.3 mi away

4%110

Gulf Shores19.4 mi away

3%95

Bay Minette23.6 mi away

3%91

Loxley8.7 mi away

2%69

Spanish Fort14.9 mi away

2%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%1,128

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

How far

How far Robertsdale commutes

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

26%

41%

19%

14%

26%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Robertsdale is balanced between jobs and homes

1.15jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Robertsdale are

3,189 jobs are based in Robertsdale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Robertsdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Robertsdale

3,189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Robertsdale residents hold

2,778 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+45%

Jobs based in Robertsdale, 2013 → 2023: 2,197 → 3,189. 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.