With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Perdido Beach works elsewhere
Working residents average 31 minutes each way, where Alabama has 26 and the U.S. 26. 68 jobs are based in Perdido Beach, and 197 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Perdido Beach; the top destination outside it is Pensacola (11%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Perdido Beach quiets down on a workday
On a workday 195 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.
About 460 people are in Perdido Beach on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Perdido Beach: the destinations
Where Perdido Beach clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
Perdido Beach is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perdido Beach, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 68. 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 Perdido Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes to work from Perdido Beach
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Perdido Beach workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 268 commuters (the 8% 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 Perdido Beach goes 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.
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 Perdido Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Perdido Beach?
$80,875 (±$25,631) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perdido Beach?
7.2%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Perdido Beach?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perdido Beach work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pensacola (11%, 20 mi), Foley (10%, 10 mi), Mobile (9%, 42 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Perdido Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Perdido Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Perdido Beach
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.