Work & commute · Samson

Work & commute in Samson, AL

Most working residents leave Samson for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Geneva (12%), Dothan (9%) and Enterprise (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

67 of 672 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 605 Samson residents head out of town to work, 67 work right here, and 362 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Samson.

605live here, work elsewhere

67live and work here

362work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Samson goes to work

Geneva11.2 mi away

12%78

Samson (in town)right here

10%67

Dothan38.7 mi away

9%59

Enterprise18.9 mi away

5%34

Opp17.2 mi away

3%23

Montgomery86.4 mi away

3%18

Kinston10.4 mi away

3%17

Andalusia28.9 mi away

2%13

DeFuniak Springs, FL28.4 mi away

2%12

Hartford21 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%340

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

How far

How far Samson commutes

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

19%

33%

22%

25%

19%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Samson is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Samson are

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

Jobs based in Samson

429 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Samson residents hold

672 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+31%

Jobs based in Samson, 2013 → 2023: 328 → 429. 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.