Ellicott Stone · Photo: Altairisfar · Public domainThere are 6.4 jobs in Bucks for every working resident, and 32 people commute in
Hardly any work in Bucks; the top destination outside it is Prattville (20%, 136 miles). Bucks has 32 jobs; 5 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bucks on a workday afternoon
On a workday 5 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 34 people are in Bucks on a workday afternoon, 386% more than live here.
6.4 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.
Who travels to work in Bucks, and from where
Where Bucks clocks in
20% of workers
20% of workers
20% 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.
28% of the jobs in Bucks make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bucks, 2013 → 2023: 797 → 32. 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 Bucks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Bucks to work
About 40% 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.
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 Bucks: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bucks?
0.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Bucks work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Prattville (20%, 136 mi), Mobile (20%, 25 mi), Benton (20%, 486 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bucks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bucks
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.