Work & commute · Brewton

Work & commute in Brewton, AL

About one in 3 of Brewton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Mobile (4%), Atmore (2%) and Montgomery (2%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33%

660 of 1,992 working residents

Typical commute

25 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 1,332 Brewton residents head out of town to work, 660 work right here, and 3,012 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brewton.

1,332live here, work elsewhere

660live and work here

3,012work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brewton goes to work

Brewton (in town)right here

33%660

Mobile68.3 mi away

4%84

Atmore22.6 mi away

2%45

Montgomery97.9 mi away

2%40

East Brewton1.8 mi away

2%39

Pensacola, FL46.7 mi away

2%38

Evergreen23.2 mi away

2%37

Monroeville31.8 mi away

1%29

Birmingham167.9 mi away

1%29

Milton, FL33.2 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%969

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

How far

How far Brewton commutes

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

43%

16%

33%

43%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brewton is a job hub

1.84jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Brewton are

3,672 jobs are based in Brewton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brewton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brewton

3,672 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Brewton residents hold

1,992 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+2%

Jobs based in Brewton, 2013 → 2023: 3,607 → 3,672. 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.