Work & commute · Summerdale

Work & commute in Summerdale, AL

Most working residents leave Summerdale for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Foley (19%), Mobile (13%) and Gulf Shores (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 582 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 561 Summerdale residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 974 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Summerdale.

561live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

974work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Summerdale goes to work

Foley5.6 mi away

19%109

Mobile28.3 mi away

13%73

Gulf Shores13.8 mi away

7%43

Fairhope11.8 mi away

7%42

Orange Beach13.8 mi away

7%41

Summerdale (in town)right here

4%21

Daphne15.2 mi away

3%19

Robertsdale5.7 mi away

3%17

Bay Minette29.3 mi away

3%15

Spanish Fort20 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%192

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

How far

How far Summerdale commutes

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

35%

34%

21%

10%

35%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Summerdale is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Summerdale are

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

Jobs based in Summerdale

995 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Summerdale residents hold

582 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+87%

Jobs based in Summerdale, 2013 → 2023: 533 → 995. 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.