Work & commute · Semmes

Work & commute in Semmes, AL

Most working residents leave Semmes for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Mobile (54%), Saraland (3%) and Prichard (2%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

65 of 2,481 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,416 Semmes residents head out of town to work, 65 work right here, and 1,953 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Semmes.

2,416live here, work elsewhere

65live and work here

1,953work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Semmes goes to work

Mobile12.3 mi away

54%1,351

Saraland9.2 mi away

3%68

Semmes (in town)right here

3%65

Prichard7.2 mi away

2%48

Daphne25.1 mi away

2%42

Montgomery158.4 mi away

1%37

Pascagoula, MS35.3 mi away

1%36

Foley44.3 mi away

1%30

Birmingham206.8 mi away

1%27

Tillmans Corner15.1 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%750

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

How far

How far Semmes commutes

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

39%

40%

13%

39%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Semmes 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 Semmes are

2,018 jobs are based in Semmes. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Semmes’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Semmes

2,018 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities42%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Semmes residents hold

2,481 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+77%

Jobs based in Semmes, 2013 → 2023: 1,139 → 2,018. 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.