Work & commute · Mobile

Work & commute in Mobile, TX

Most working residents leave Mobile for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Dallas (22%), Fort Worth (7%) and Garland (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 67 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

51 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 67 Mobile residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mobile.

67live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

39work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mobile goes to work

Dallas22.5 mi away

22%15

Fort Worth55.3 mi away

7%5

Garland12.7 mi away

6%4

Rockwall1.6 mi away

4%3

Mesquite15.1 mi away

4%3

Addison24.7 mi away

3%2

Royse City6.4 mi away

3%2

Plano21.4 mi away

3%2

Little Rock, AR263.8 mi away

1%1

Nevada8.1 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%29

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

How far

How far Mobile commutes

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

43%

27%

21%

9%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mobile is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mobile are

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

Jobs based in Mobile

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Mobile residents hold

67 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+3800%

Jobs based in Mobile, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 39. 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.