With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Gallant works elsewhere
Measured by household income, Gallant is behind 81% of U.S. towns. There are 8 jobs in Gallant, and 292 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Gallant is better than 34% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is near the bottom of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Gallant at work: what stands out
Gallant is a place people come home to
There are 8 jobs based in Gallant, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Gallant has about 800 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Gallant workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 9% across Alabama. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 292 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Gallant’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds Gallant’s grade up (7.6%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($55,130, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (6.5%) is left out: Gallant’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Gallant could be anywhere from D to A−.
A workday in Gallant: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 292 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Gallant on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Gallant
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gallant workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 272 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.
20% of working residents work in Gadsden
Where Gallant clocks in
20% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
75% of the jobs in Gallant pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gallant, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 8. 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 Gallant’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Gallant
About 21% 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 Gallant gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Gallant is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Gallant 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 272 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). 0.0% of Gallant households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Gallant’s commuters take a bus or train.
Gallant is 1,930th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Shoal Creek AL | 1,328 | $218K | 0.0% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 196 | Rock Creek AL | 1,103 | $84K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 210 | Blue Ridge AL | 1,190 | $128K | 6.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,928 | Harvard Township NE | 1,097 | $64K | 6.9% | 2.9% | 7% | C |
| 1,929 | Ames Township OH | 1,213 | $84K | 12.3% | 3.4% | 3% | C |
| 1,930 | Gallant AL | 1,081 | $55K | 7.6% | 6.5% | 0% | C |
| 1,931 | Fort Clark Springs TX | 1,048 | $71K | 6.6% | 0.0% | <1% | C |
| 1,932 | Wattsville VA | 1,439 | $69K | 8.1% | 8.8% | 3% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Gallant, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
Work in the towns next to Gallant
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Gallant workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gallant | – | C | D− | 28 min | $55,130 |
| Ivalee | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ivalee: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Gallant’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 Gallant: questions
What is the median household income in Gallant?
$55,130 (±$36,511) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gallant?
7.6%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gallant?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gallant work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gadsden (20%, 12 mi), Albertville (8%, 18 mi), Attalla (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Gallant walkable?
Gallant is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Gallant without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Gallant, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gallant
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.