With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Babbie works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Babbie itself; outside it, Andalusia draws the most (30%, 9 miles). There are 11 jobs in Babbie, and 226 of its residents work somewhere. For 1% of workers, the job is at home; Alabama has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Babbie: the figures worth knowing
Babbie is a place people come home to
There are 11 jobs based in Babbie, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Babbie has about 420 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
30% of Babbie works in Andalusia
68 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Andalusia, 9.4 miles away. That’s far more as work in Babbie itself. The commute map ↓
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; with 226 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Babbie
On a workday 226 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Babbie on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Babbie: the destinations
Where Babbie clocks in
30% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Babbie
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Babbie, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 11. 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 Babbie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Babbie: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Babbie workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 314 commuters (the 1% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Babbie
About 21% 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.
11% of Babbie works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Opp. Darker towns draw more of Babbie’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Babbie: questions
What is the median household income in Babbie?
$63,611 (±$24,784) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Babbie?
8.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Babbie?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Babbie work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Andalusia (30%, 9 mi), Opp (11%, 4 mi), Montgomery (4%, 72 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Babbie without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Babbie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Babbie
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.