Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 4.0Andalusia’s household incomes are lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
About two in five work in Andalusia; the top destination outside it is Dothan (4%, 64 miles). 25.4% of residents live below the poverty line; Alabama has 15.6%. For jobs and income Andalusia is better than 6% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Andalusia stands out on work
Andalusia is where the jobs are
Andalusia has 6,119 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Andalusia draws workers from far and wide
The 6,119 jobs in Andalusia are filled from a wide area. Andalusia’s own residents hold 23% and the ten next-biggest home towns 13%; the other 64% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Andalusia are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 26 across Alabama. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Alabama worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Andalusia workers earn over $40,000 a year
44% of Andalusia’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 18% earn $1,250 a month or less. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Where Andalusia’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Job access by car holds Andalusia’s grade up (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($42,611, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Andalusia could be anywhere from D− to C−.
How many people are in Andalusia by day
On a workday 1,775 residents head out to work, 1,416 work right here, and 4,703 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12,000 people are in Andalusia on a workday afternoon, 33% more than live here.
1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Andalusia
Where Andalusia clocks in
4% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Commuting from Andalusia: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Andalusia workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,086 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What Andalusia’s employers do
6,119 jobs are based in Andalusia.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Andalusia, 2013 → 2023: 7,227 → 6,119. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Andalusia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Andalusia
About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Andalusia, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 1.7% across Alabama.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,260 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.5% of Andalusia households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Andalusia’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Andalusia compares with U.S. towns of 6,100 to 11,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 149 | Meadowbrook AL | 9,117 | $142K | 5.5% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 398 | Brook Highland AL | 8,146 | $80K | 4.6% | 0.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 401 | Margaret AL | 7,149 | $102K | 3.7% | 1.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,862 | Orange Cove CA | 9,811 | $47K | 34.0% | 16.7% | 6% | D |
| 2,863 | Vernon TX | 9,747 | $51K | 18.6% | 11.8% | 54% | D |
| 2,864 | Andalusia AL | 8,763 | $43K | 25.4% | 6.7% | 44% | D |
| 2,865 | Sweetwater TX | 10,141 | $45K | 28.1% | 6.9% | 41% | D |
| 2,866 | Avra Valley AZ | 6,277 | $54K | 18.8% | 13.4% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,927 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Andalusia, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Andalusia: questions
What is the median household income in Andalusia?
$42,611 (±$7,739) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Andalusia?
25.4%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Andalusia?
19 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Andalusia work?
44% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dothan (4%, 64 mi), Montgomery (3%, 73 mi), Opp (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Andalusia walkable?
Andalusia is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Andalusia without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Andalusia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Andalusia
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.