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Jobs & commute in Epes

Epes has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out

1 jobs are based in Epes; 75 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Epes for work; outside it, Livingston is the main destination (29%, 7 miles). 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 9% for Alabama as a whole.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves Epes for work, and who comes in

On a workday 75 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

75live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night270
Workday190
270live here− 75head out to work+ 1come in to work= 190on a workday

About 190 people are in Epes on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.01jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Out of Epes to work: where people go

Greensboro: 1 residents work here (1%)EpesButler: 1 residents work here (1%)Livingston: 22 residents work here (29%)York: 3 residents work here (4%)Eutaw: 4 residents work here (5%)Demopolis: 2 residents work here (3%)Bessemer: 3 residents work here (4%)Huntsville: 2 residents work here (3%)Tuscaloosa: 2 residents work here (3%)Birmingham: 2 residents work here (3%)LivingstonEutawYorkBessemerDemopolisHuntsvilleEpes
1
Livingston7.3 mi away
29%22
2
Eutaw17.4 mi away
5%4
3
York16 mi away
4%3
4
Bessemer82.2 mi away
4%3
5
Demopolis22.4 mi away
3%2
6
Huntsville162 mi away
3%2
7
Tuscaloosa51.5 mi away
3%2
8
Birmingham96.6 mi away
3%2
9
Greensboro31.6 mi away
1%1
10
Butler41.4 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%33
The top trips

Where Epes clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Epes is a services town

Jobs based in EpesJobs Epes residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%21%
Trade, transport & utilities0%17%
Services: health, schools, offices100%61%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%41%
Over $3,333 a month0%41%

Who does it

29 or younger0%32%
30 to 540%36%
55 and older100%32%

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 Epes’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Time on the road from Epes: about 29 minutes

A year of commuting
221 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Epes29 min
Alabama26 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
0%

of Epes workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Epes gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 79 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Epes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miLivingston: 29% · 7.3 miEutaw: 5% · 17.4 miYork: 4% · 16 miBessemer: 4% · 82.2 miDemopolis: 3% · 22.4 miHuntsville: 3% · 162 miTuscaloosa: 3% · 51.5 miBirmingham: 3% · 96.6 miGreensboro: 1% · 31.6 miButler: 1% · 41.4 miLivingston 29%Eutaw 5%York 4%Bessemer 4%Demopolis 3%Epes
EpesTop destinations (size = commuters)
31%Under 10 mi23 residents
18%10–24 mi13 residents
8%25–50 mi6 residents
43%Over 50 mi32 residents

About 43% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Epes: questions

What is the poverty rate in Epes?

49.2%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Epes?

29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Epes work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Livingston (29%, 7 mi), Eutaw (5%, 17 mi), York (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Epes without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Epes, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Epes

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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.