Choccolocco has lower unemployment (1.1%) than 94% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Choccolocco B; getting around on foot earns it D−. For 16% of workers, the job is at home, next to 9% for Alabama as a whole. Only 1% work in Choccolocco itself; outside it, Anniston draws the most (30%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Choccolocco: the figures worth knowing
Choccolocco is a place people come home to
There are 99 jobs based in Choccolocco, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Choccolocco has about 1,700 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Choccolocco are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Alabama. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Alabama worker. Time on the road ↓
30% of Choccolocco works in Anniston
323 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Anniston, 6 miles away. That’s 30 times as many as work in Choccolocco 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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Choccolocco
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Choccolocco is better than 64% of U.S. towns, #48 of 187 in Alabama. Unemployment holds Choccolocco’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Choccolocco could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Who leaves Choccolocco for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,052 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Choccolocco on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.09 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Commuting from Choccolocco: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Choccolocco workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 984 commuters (the 17% 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.
The places Choccolocco commutes to
Where Choccolocco clocks in
30% of workers
13% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Choccolocco
99 jobs are based in Choccolocco.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Choccolocco, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 99. 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 Choccolocco’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Choccolocco goes to work
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.
Driving is how Choccolocco gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Choccolocco is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns, #183 of 187 in Alabama. Both inputs place Choccolocco near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,179 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). 1.3% of Choccolocco households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Choccolocco’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Choccolocco ranks: 1,570th of 5,083 U.S. towns of 1,800 to 3,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 78 | Indian Springs Village AL | 2,553 | $137K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Eagle Point AL | 3,110 | $152K | 3.2% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 426 | Westover AL | 2,121 | $97K | 4.1% | 0.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,568 | Kickapoo Township KS | 1,857 | $87K | 3.3% | 2.6% | 6% | B |
| 1,569 | Franklin Township PA | 2,602 | $78K | 4.0% | 4.8% | 3% | B |
| 1,570 | Choccolocco AL | 2,620 | $79K | 8.6% | 1.1% | 1% | B |
| 1,571 | Homer GA | 2,016 | $89K | 8.5% | 3.5% | 2% | B |
| 1,572 | Halstead KS | 2,132 | $76K | 10.8% | 2.0% | 12% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,083 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Choccolocco, 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 Choccolocco: questions
What is the median household income in Choccolocco?
$78,858 (±$21,315) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Choccolocco?
8.6%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Choccolocco?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Choccolocco work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Anniston (30%, 6 mi), Oxford (13%, 10 mi), Birmingham (4%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Choccolocco walkable?
Choccolocco is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Choccolocco 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 Choccolocco, from the people who make the trip.
More of Choccolocco
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.