Work & commute · Satsuma

Work & commute in Satsuma, AL

Most working residents leave Satsuma for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Mobile (41%), Saraland (8%) and Prichard (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

116 of 3,048 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 2,932 Satsuma residents head out of town to work, 116 work right here, and 727 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Satsuma.

2,932live here, work elsewhere

116live and work here

727work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Satsuma goes to work

Mobile13.4 mi away

41%1,246

Saraland2.6 mi away

8%255

Satsuma (in town)right here

4%116

Prichard7.1 mi away

2%71

Daphne19.5 mi away

2%65

Axis5.1 mi away

2%51

Spanish Fort15 mi away

1%40

Birmingham198.7 mi away

1%38

Fairhope25.7 mi away

1%36

Montgomery147.6 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,094

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

How far

How far Satsuma commutes

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

29%

51%

13%

29%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Satsuma 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 Satsuma are

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

Jobs based in Satsuma

843 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Satsuma residents hold

3,048 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+4%

Jobs based in Satsuma, 2013 → 2023: 807 → 843. 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.