Photo: Adrien Lamarre, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · Public domainDemopolis’ household incomes are lower than in 98% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Demopolis is better than 19% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (C+). 26.0% of residents live below the poverty line (Alabama 15.6%). About one in three work in Demopolis; the top destination outside it is Tuscaloosa (4%, 54 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Demopolis: the gist
The figures behind Demopolis’ Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Demopolis’ grade up (1.7%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($34,802, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Demopolis could be anywhere from D to C.
How many miles Demopolis commutes
About 31% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Demopolis
On a workday 2,015 residents head out to work, 1,036 work right here, and 2,826 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,500 people are in Demopolis on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.27 per resident).
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 Demopolis goes to work
Where Demopolis 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.
Inside Demopolis’ 3,862 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Demopolis, 2013 → 2023: 3,805 → 3,862. 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 Demopolis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way, quicker than most of Alabama
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Demopolis workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,662 commuters (the 6% 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.
Most of Demopolis commutes by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% 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 2,837 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). 11.5% of Demopolis households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Demopolis’ commuters take a bus or train.
How Demopolis ranks: 2,818th of 3,334 U.S. towns of 4,600 to 9,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 151 | Highland Lakes AL | 5,866 | $169K | 4.1% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 271 | Redland AL | 4,982 | $130K | 1.4% | 2.5% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 383 | Brook Highland AL | 8,146 | $80K | 4.6% | 0.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,816 | Wellston OH | 5,488 | $56K | 25.0% | 3.5% | 23% | C− |
| 2,817 | Fayetteville TN | 7,068 | $49K | 16.9% | 5.7% | 35% | C− |
| 2,818 | Demopolis AL | 6,641 | $35K | 26.0% | 1.7% | 34% | C− |
| 2,819 | Coffeyville KS | 8,460 | $46K | 21.1% | 3.2% | 46% | C− |
| 2,820 | Lawrence Township PA | 7,309 | $62K | 13.1% | 7.7% | 23% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,334 | 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 Demopolis, 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 Demopolis: questions
What is the median household income in Demopolis?
$34,802 (±$10,444) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Demopolis?
26.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Demopolis?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Demopolis work?
34% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tuscaloosa (4%, 54 mi), Montgomery (4%, 92 mi), Birmingham (3%, 93 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Demopolis walkable?
Demopolis is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.3 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Demopolis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Demopolis, from the people who make the trip.
More of Demopolis
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.