Dora has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 3% stay in Dora for work; outside it, Birmingham is the main destination (21%, 22 miles). Dora has 528 jobs, against 945 working residents. For jobs and income Dora is better than 45% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Dora and work: the main findings
Dora has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Dora went from 365 in 2013 to 528 in 2023, +45%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Dora pay little
28% of the jobs based in Dora pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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 945 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Dora
Unemployment holds Dora’s grade up (2.3%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dora could be anywhere from C to B+.
What Dora’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dora, 2013 → 2023: 365 → 528. 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 Dora’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Dora
On a workday 917 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 500 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Dora on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Out of Dora to work: where people go
Where Dora clocks in
21% of workers
10% 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.
Dora’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dora workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 957 commuters (the 2% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Dora
About 19% 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.
For most of Dora, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 981 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). 3.6% of Dora households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dora’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Dora is 2,415th of 5,102 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Indian Springs Village AL | 2,553 | $137K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 387 | Westover AL | 2,121 | $97K | 4.1% | 0.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 438 | Trinity AL | 2,638 | $101K | 3.1% | 2.8% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,413 | Paris Township OH | 1,661 | $80K | 13.2% | 2.2% | 1% | B− |
| 2,414 | Roseland FL | 2,142 | $64K | 7.2% | 0.0% | 3% | B− |
| 2,415 | Dora AL | 2,223 | $62K | 18.3% | 2.3% | 3% | B− |
| 2,416 | Gervais OR | 2,572 | $83K | 11.2% | 7.2% | 3% | B− |
| 2,417 | Clay Township OH | 1,901 | $61K | 11.8% | 1.9% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | 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 Dora, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
The towns around Dora
The biggest share goes to Sumiton (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Dora’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 Dora: questions
What is the median household income in Dora?
$61,892 (±$7,732) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dora?
18.3%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dora?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dora work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Birmingham (21%, 22 mi), Jasper (10%, 14 mi), Sumiton (4%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dora walkable?
Dora is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dora without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dora, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dora
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.