Work & commute · Spanish Fort

Work & commute in Spanish Fort, AL

Most working residents leave Spanish Fort for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Mobile (32%), Daphne (9%) and Fairhope (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

357 of 4,704 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,347 Spanish Fort residents head out of town to work, 357 work right here, and 4,535 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spanish Fort.

4,347live here, work elsewhere

357live and work here

4,535work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spanish Fort goes to work

Mobile14.9 mi away

32%1,491

Daphne6.9 mi away

9%444

Spanish Fort (in town)right here

8%357

Fairhope14 mi away

7%352

Foley25.4 mi away

3%132

Bay Minette12.4 mi away

3%122

Loxley8 mi away

2%77

Montgomery146.5 mi away

2%72

Pensacola, FL44.6 mi away

1%68

Robertsdale14.9 mi away

1%55

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%1,534

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

How far

How far Spanish Fort commutes

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

29%

49%

13%

29%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spanish Fort is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Spanish Fort are

4,892 jobs are based in Spanish Fort. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Spanish Fort’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Spanish Fort

4,892 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Spanish Fort residents hold

4,704 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+33%

Jobs based in Spanish Fort, 2013 → 2023: 3,686 → 4,892. 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.