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Jobs & commute in Graham

Graham has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

There are 1 jobs in Graham for 69 working residents. Hardly any work in Graham; the top destination outside it is Roanoke (10%, 22 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Alabama as a whole has 9%.

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

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Graham

On a workday 69 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

69live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night41
Workday0
41live here− 69head out to work+ 1come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Graham on a workday afternoon, 100% 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

Where people from Graham work

Ranburne: 1 residents work here (1%)Wedowee: 6 residents work here (9%)Lineville: 1 residents work here (1%)Jemison: 1 residents work here (1%)Selma: 1 residents work here (1%)Heflin: 2 residents work here (3%)Roanoke: 7 residents work here (10%)Bowdon: 2 residents work here (3%)Villa Rica: 2 residents work here (3%)Carrollton: 7 residents work here (10%)GrahamRoanokeCarrolltonWedoweeHeflinBowdonVilla RicaGraham
1
Roanoke21.6 mi away
10%7
2
Carrollton, GA16.3 mi away
10%7
3
Wedowee13.9 mi away
9%6
4
Heflin19.4 mi away
3%2
5
Bowdon, GA7 mi away
3%2
6
Villa Rica, GA30.1 mi away
3%2
7
Ranburne5 mi away
1%1
8
Lineville26.6 mi away
1%1
9
Jemison88.1 mi away
1%1
10
Selma122.5 mi away
1%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
57%39
The top trips

Where Graham 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

Most jobs in Graham are in services

Jobs based in GrahamJobs Graham residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%30%
Trade, transport & utilities0%22%
Services: health, schools, offices100%48%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%35%
Over $3,333 a month0%52%

Who does it

29 or younger0%22%
30 to 540%55%
55 and older100%23%

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 Graham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Graham

Working from home
0%

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

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

Share of the 20 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

How many miles Graham commutes

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRoanoke: 10% · 21.6 miCarrollton: 10% · 16.3 miWedowee: 9% · 13.9 miHeflin: 3% · 19.4 miBowdon: 3% · 7 miVilla Rica: 3% · 30.1 miRanburne: 1% · 5 miLineville: 1% · 26.6 miJemison: 1% · 88.1 miSelma: 1% · 122.5 miRoanoke 10%Carrollton 10%Wedowee 9%Heflin 3%Bowdon 3%Graham
GrahamTop destinations (size = commuters)
9%Under 10 mi6 residents
37%10–24 mi24 residents
14%25–50 mi9 residents
40%Over 50 mi26 residents

About 40% 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 Graham: questions

What is the poverty rate in Graham?

0.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Graham work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roanoke (10%, 22 mi), Carrollton (10%, 16 mi), Wedowee (9%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Graham 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 Graham, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Graham

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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.