Most of Perdido commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Alabama has 9%. There are 85 jobs in Perdido, and 308 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Perdido for work; outside it, Mobile is the main destination (15%, 37 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Perdido
Perdido’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Perdido is Mobile, 37 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (47) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Perdido is a place people come home to
There are 85 jobs based in Perdido, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Perdido has about 450 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Perdido workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 9% across Alabama. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 308 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The commute from Perdido, by distance
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.
Perdido by day and by night
On a workday 306 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Perdido on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Each way, about 25 minutes from Perdido
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Perdido workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 221 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.
Where Perdido’s working residents head each day
Where Perdido clocks in
15% of workers
15% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Perdido: what the 85 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perdido, 2013 → 2023: 89 → 85. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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: questions
What is the median household income in Perdido?
$38,458 (±$18,567) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perdido?
21.3%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Perdido?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perdido work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mobile (15%, 37 mi), Bay Minette (15%, 12 mi), Atmore (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Perdido 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 Perdido, from the people who make the trip.
More of Perdido
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.