Work & commute · Saraland

Work & commute in Saraland, AL

Most working residents leave Saraland for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Mobile (44%), Prichard (3%) and Daphne (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

638 of 6,910 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 6,272 Saraland residents head out of town to work, 638 work right here, and 4,992 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Saraland.

6,272live here, work elsewhere

638live and work here

4,992work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Saraland goes to work

Mobile12.8 mi away

44%3,015

Saraland (in town)right here

9%638

Prichard5.7 mi away

3%192

Daphne20.9 mi away

2%154

Satsuma2.6 mi away

2%105

Montgomery149.7 mi away

1%91

Axis6.9 mi away

1%85

Fairhope26.7 mi away

1%81

Creola6 mi away

1%68

Semmes9.2 mi away

1%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%2,413

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

How far

How far Saraland commutes

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

39%

43%

12%

39%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Saraland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Saraland are

5,630 jobs are based in Saraland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Saraland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Saraland

5,630 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Saraland residents hold

6,910 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−4%

Jobs based in Saraland, 2013 → 2023: 5,862 → 5,630. 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.