Work & commute · Opp

Work & commute in Opp, AL

About one in 4 of Opp’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Andalusia (15%), Dothan (5%) and Enterprise (4%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

589 of 2,378 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,789 Opp residents head out of town to work, 589 work right here, and 1,513 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Opp.

1,789live here, work elsewhere

589live and work here

1,513work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Opp goes to work

Opp (in town)right here

25%589

Andalusia13.1 mi away

15%349

Dothan50.4 mi away

5%130

Enterprise24.5 mi away

4%85

Montgomery73.5 mi away

3%79

Elba14.1 mi away

3%65

Troy39.6 mi away

3%60

Luverne30 mi away

1%29

Birmingham158.1 mi away

1%26

Florala18.5 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%941

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

How far

How far Opp commutes

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

29%

16%

26%

29%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Opp is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Opp are

2,102 jobs are based in Opp. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Opp’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Opp

2,102 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Opp residents hold

2,378 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+7%

Jobs based in Opp, 2013 → 2023: 1,965 → 2,102. 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.