Work & commute · Pennington

Work & commute in Pennington, AL

Most working residents leave Pennington for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Livingston (8%), Mobile (5%) and Meridian (5%). Half commute less than 41 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 91 working residents

Typical commute

41 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 88 Pennington residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pennington.

88live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

49work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pennington goes to work

Livingston28.5 mi away

8%7

Mobile106.1 mi away

5%5

Meridian, MS40 mi away

5%5

Montgomery104 mi away

4%4

Pennington (in town)right here

3%3

Butler12.4 mi away

3%3

Demopolis24 mi away

3%3

Monroeville63.2 mi away

2%2

Dothan168.6 mi away

2%2

Hoover108 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

60%55

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

How far

How far Pennington commutes

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

15%

17%

22%

47%

15%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

47%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pennington is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pennington are

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

Jobs based in Pennington

52 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Pennington residents hold

91 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−66%

Jobs based in Pennington, 2013 → 2023: 155 → 52. 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.