Photo: Tyler Carey · CC BY-SA 3.0Calvert has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Calvert report 51 jobs, and 101 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Calvert itself; outside it, Mobile draws the most (19%, 34 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Calvert for work, and who comes in
On a workday 100 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere.
About 33 people are in Calvert on a workday afternoon, 60% 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.
Where the trip to work from Calvert ends
Where Calvert clocks in
19% 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.
Jobs in Calvert: what the 51 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Calvert, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 51. 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 Calvert’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Calvert
About 26% 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.
Calvert and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Calvert workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calvert | – | — | — | — | — |
| Mount Vernon | under 2% | D | D | 26 min | $46,307 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Calvert’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 Calvert: questions
What is the poverty rate in Calvert?
0.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Calvert work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mobile (19%, 34 mi), Citronelle (5%, 14 mi), Creola (3%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Calvert, from the people who make the trip.
More of Calvert
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.