Work & commute · Boligee

Work & commute in Boligee, AL

Most working residents leave Boligee for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Eutaw (15%), Demopolis (11%) and Tuscaloosa (11%). Half commute less than 43 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 85 working residents

Typical commute

43 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 84 Boligee residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boligee.

84live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boligee goes to work

Eutaw9.2 mi away

15%13

Demopolis21.9 mi away

11%9

Tuscaloosa43.3 mi away

11%9

Birmingham88.5 mi away

7%6

Montgomery106.6 mi away

5%4

Northport42.1 mi away

4%3

Hoover82.1 mi away

4%3

Opelika154.2 mi away

2%2

Forkland12.5 mi away

1%1

Boligee (in town)right here

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%34

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Boligee commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

15%

21%

18%

46%

15%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boligee is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.20 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Boligee are

17 jobs are based in Boligee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boligee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Boligee

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)88%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Boligee residents hold

85 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−54%

Jobs based in Boligee, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 17. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.