Bayou La Batre Jobs

Bayou La Batre or by locals as is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. It is included in the Mobile metropolitan statistical area. At the 2000 census, the population was 2,313. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 2,725. Bayou La Batre is considered a fishing village, due to the relaxed pace of life in the area, and as a seafood-processing harbor for fishing boats and shrimp boats. The local Chamber of Commerce described the city as the "Seafood Capital of Alabama" for packaging seafood from hundreds of fishing boats. Bayou La Batre was the first permanent settlement on the south Mobile County mainland and was founded in 1786, when French-born Joseph Bouzage [1733-1795] was awarded a 1,259-acre Spanish land grant on the West Bank of the bayou . The modern City of Bayou La Batre was incorporated in 1955. Bayou La Batre was featured in the 1994 movie Forrest Gump and the book upon which it is based. In April 2005, Disney Studios...more

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Among the most common occupations in Bayou La Batre are Production, transportation, and material moving occupations, 27%. Sales and office occupations, 18%. and Service occupations, 16%. Approximately 74 percent of workers in Bayou La Batre, Alabama work for companies, 7 percent work for the government and 8 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Bayou La Batre Jobs are for financial advisor jobs, assistant manager jobs, store co-manager jobs, service representative jobs, store manager jobs and rn jobs.

The leading industries in Bayou La Batre, Alabama are Manufacturing, 19%; Retail trade, 17%; and Wholesale trade, 9%. Simply Hired's Bayou La Batre job listings indicate that the following industries in Bayou La Batre are hiring the most workers: Food Service Contractors, Catering Services, Mail Order Retailing, Misc Store Retailers and Collection Agencies.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Bayou La Batre, Alabama is $18,444, and the median income of households in Bayou La Batre was $24,539.

Bayou La Batre has an unemployment rate of 11.1%, compared the national average of 5.8%.

According to our Bayou La Batre Trends data, the number of Bayou La Batre, Alabama jobs has decreased by 63% since March 2008.

Population of Bayou La Batre Total population 2,313 Male 50.11% Female 49.89% Median age 31.2     Bayou La Batre Housing Owner-occupied homes 65.1% Median cost of a home $45,800 Median mortgage payment $450 Renter-occupied homes 34.9% Vacant housing 9.0% Median monthly rent $366     Average Income Median for all male full-time $22,847 Median for all female full-time $14,042     Household Income Less than $10,000 17% $10,000 to $14,999 14% $15,000 to $24,999 20% $25,000 to $34,999 17% $35,000 to $49,999 11% $50,000 to $74,999 16% $75,000 to $99,999 4% $100,000 to $149,999 1% $150,000 to $199,999 0% $200,000 or more 0%

Education Less than 9th grade 24% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 21% High school graduate 36% Some college, no degree 10% Associate's degree 2% Bachelor's degree 4% Graduate degree 4%     Marital Status Never married 28% Currently married 47% Separated 5% Widowed 9% Divorced 11%     Race White 54% Black or African American 10% Asian 34% Other 2%     Bayou La Batre Commute Carpool 29.9% Public transportation 0.0% Average travel time 24 minutes

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