Work & commute · Theodore

Work & commute in Theodore, AL

Most working residents leave Theodore for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mobile (51%), Tillmans Corner (3%) and Pascagoula (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 2,361 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,334 Theodore residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 854 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Theodore.

2,334live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

854work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Theodore goes to work

Mobile10.1 mi away

51%1,202

Tillmans Corner3.3 mi away

3%76

Pascagoula, MS25.2 mi away

3%69

Daphne19.3 mi away

2%50

Saraland22.2 mi away

2%50

Spanish Fort23 mi away

1%32

Montgomery168.7 mi away

1%31

Bayou La Batre10.1 mi away

1%28

Birmingham222 mi away

1%28

Theodore (in town)right here

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%768

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

How far

How far Theodore commutes

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

40%

38%

15%

40%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Theodore is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.37 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Theodore are

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

Jobs based in Theodore

881 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Theodore residents hold

2,361 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+25%

Jobs based in Theodore, 2013 → 2023: 702 → 881. 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.