Work & commute · Boykin

Work & commute in Boykin, AL

Most working residents leave Boykin for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Montgomery (20%), Demopolis (7%) and Mobile (7%). Half commute less than 59 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 41 working residents

Typical commute

59 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 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 40 Boykin residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boykin.

40live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

4work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boykin goes to work

Montgomery63.1 mi away

20%8

Demopolis43.1 mi away

7%3

Mobile108 mi away

7%3

Linden33.3 mi away

5%2

Camden4.8 mi away

5%2

Bessemer91.9 mi away

5%2

Pensacola, FL112.6 mi away

5%2

Yellow Bluff13 mi away

2%1

Fulton32.6 mi away

2%1

Homewood100.1 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%16

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

How far

How far Boykin commutes

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

10%

22%

61%

7%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

61%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boykin is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boykin are

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

Jobs based in Boykin

5 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less80%

$1,251–$3,333 a month0%

Over $3,333 a month20%

Jobs Boykin residents hold

41 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month37%

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.