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Jobs & commute in Deer Park

With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Deer Park works elsewhere

Hardly any stay in Deer Park for work; outside it, Mobile is the main destination (23%, 40 miles). There are 2 jobs in Deer Park; 57 of its residents have a job. 0% of workers have no commute at all (Alabama 9%).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

2 jobs based here
Poverty
0.0%
Alabama 15.6%
Unemployment
0.0%
Alabama 4.7% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 57 working residents
Work from home
0%
Alabama 9% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

Who commutes out of Deer Park, and who commutes in

On a workday 57 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.

57live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
2work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night45
Workday0
45live here− 57head out to work+ 2come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Deer Park on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.04jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places Deer Park commutes to

Chickasaw: 2 residents work here (4%)Dauphin Island: 1 residents work here (2%)Butler: 1 residents work here (2%)Robertsdale: 1 residents work here (2%)Millry: 2 residents work here (4%)Chatom: 2 residents work here (4%)Saraland: 3 residents work here (5%)Mobile: 13 residents work here (23%)Montgomery: 2 residents work here (4%)Waynesboro: 2 residents work here (4%)Deer ParkMobileSaralandChickasawMillryChatomMontgomeryDeer Park
1
Mobile40.2 mi away
23%13
2
Saraland28.4 mi away
5%3
3
Chickasaw34.2 mi away
4%2
4
Millry27.8 mi away
4%2
5
Chatom18 mi away
4%2
6
Montgomery144 mi away
4%2
7
Waynesboro, MS36.5 mi away
4%2
8
Dauphin Island67.6 mi away
2%1
9
Butler61.1 mi away
2%1
10
Robertsdale58.7 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%28
The top trips

Where Deer Park clocks in

23% of workers
40.2 mi awayMobile13 Deer Park residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5%Saraland
5% of workers
28.4 mi awaySaraland3 Deer Park residents work here · Jobs & commute →
4%Chickasaw
4% of workers
34.2 mi awayChickasaw2 Deer Park residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

The jobs

100% of the jobs in Deer Park make or build things

Jobs based in Deer ParkJobs Deer Park residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%28%
Trade, transport & utilities0%14%
Services: health, schools, offices0%58%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less50%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month50%28%
Over $3,333 a month0%56%

Who does it

29 or younger0%18%
30 to 540%49%
55 and older100%33%

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Deer Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Deer Park

Working from home
0%

of Deer Park workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Deer Park gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 19 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

How far Deer Park’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMobile: 23% · 40.2 miSaraland: 5% · 28.4 miChickasaw: 4% · 34.2 miMillry: 4% · 27.8 miChatom: 4% · 18 miMontgomery: 4% · 144 miWaynesboro: 4% · 36.5 miDauphin Island: 2% · 67.6 miButler: 2% · 61.1 miRobertsdale: 2% · 58.7 miMobile 23%Saraland 5%Chickasaw 4%Millry 4%Chatom 4%Deer Park
Deer ParkTop destinations (size = commuters)
2%Under 10 mi1 residents
12%10–24 mi7 residents
49%25–50 mi28 residents
37%Over 50 mi21 residents

About 37% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Deer Park: questions

What is the poverty rate in Deer Park?

0.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Deer Park work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mobile (23%, 40 mi), Saraland (5%, 28 mi), Chickasaw (4%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Deer Park without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Deer Park, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Deer Park

Deer Park home →
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.