Photo: Kevin C Magee 101234 · CC BY-SA 4.0At 1.4%, unemployment in Loxley is lower than in 91% of U.S. towns
Only 4% work in Loxley; the top destination outside it is Mobile (22%, 22 miles). The two grades for Loxley are A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Loxley, in brief
Jobs in Loxley have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Loxley went from 1,117 in 2013 to 2,473 in 2023, +121%. The jobs ↓
Loxley is where the jobs are
Loxley has 2,473 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
49% of the jobs in Loxley are in trade, transport and utilities, against 25% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Loxley and Mobile trade workers both ways
Mobile is the top workplace for Loxley residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Loxley come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The biggest group of Loxley’s workers comes from Mobile
253 of the people who work in Loxley live in Mobile, 22 miles away, more than from any other town. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Loxley: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Loxley is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #33 of 187 in Alabama. Unemployment holds Loxley’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (11.7%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Loxley could be anywhere from C+ to A.
What the 2,473 jobs in Loxley are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Loxley, 2013 → 2023: 1,117 → 2,473. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
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 Loxley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Loxley by day and by night
On a workday 1,474 residents head out to work, 65 work right here, and 2,408 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,100 people are in Loxley on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
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 daily trip into Loxley
Where Loxley clocks in
22% of workers
8% of workersLines 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.
About 29 minutes each way, longer than most of Alabama
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Loxley workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,673 commuters (the 11% 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.
The distance from Loxley to work
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.
Most trips from Loxley start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Loxley is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns, #112 of 187 in Alabama. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 1.7% across Alabama.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,889 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.7% of Loxley households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Loxley’s commuters take a bus or train.
954th of 3,370: where Loxley ranks among U.S. towns of 4,300 to 8,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 155 | Highland Lakes AL | 5,866 | $169K | 4.1% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 213 | Argo AL | 4,376 | $105K | 1.1% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 269 | Redland AL | 4,982 | $130K | 1.4% | 2.5% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 952 | North Berwick ME | 5,355 | $102K | 4.4% | 3.7% | 14% | A− |
| 953 | Gulf Park Estates MS | 6,264 | $66K | 5.0% | 1.0% | 1% | A− |
| 954 | Loxley AL | 6,131 | $108K | 11.7% | 1.4% | 4% | A− |
| 955 | Hillside IL | 8,140 | $72K | 6.6% | 4.1% | 4% | A− |
| 956 | Centreville MD | 4,782 | $90K | 5.4% | 2.2% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,370 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Loxley, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
The towns around Loxley
The biggest share goes to Spanish Fort (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Loxley workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loxley | – | A− | C | 29 min | $108,488 |
| Stapleton | under 2% | A− | D | 36 min | — |
| Spanish Fort | 5% | B+ | C | 26 min | $99,346 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Loxley’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Loxley: questions
What is the median household income in Loxley?
$108,488 (±$43,401) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Loxley?
11.7%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Loxley?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Loxley work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mobile (22%, 22 mi), Daphne (8%, 9 mi), Foley (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Loxley walkable?
Loxley is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Loxley without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Loxley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Loxley
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.