Work & commute · Grove Hill

Work & commute in Grove Hill, AL

Most working residents leave Grove Hill for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Jackson (11%), Mobile (10%) and Thomasville (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

89 of 705 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 616 Grove Hill residents head out of town to work, 89 work right here, and 924 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grove Hill.

616live here, work elsewhere

89live and work here

924work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grove Hill goes to work

Grove Hill (in town)right here

13%89

Jackson13.4 mi away

11%80

Mobile73.9 mi away

10%68

Thomasville15.1 mi away

6%44

Monroeville29.1 mi away

3%23

Birmingham138.5 mi away

2%14

Montgomery99 mi away

2%12

Brent93 mi away

2%11

Fairhope81.6 mi away

1%10

Whatley5.1 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%344

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

How far

How far Grove Hill commutes

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

21%

25%

10%

44%

21%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grove Hill is balanced between jobs and homes

1.44jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.44 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Grove Hill are

1,013 jobs are based in Grove Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Grove Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Grove Hill

1,013 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Grove Hill residents hold

705 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−29%

Jobs based in Grove Hill, 2013 → 2023: 1,427 → 1,013. 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.