Robert G. Griffith Sr. House · Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Joppa works elsewhere
10 jobs are based in Joppa, and 202 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Joppa; the top destination outside it is Huntsville (15%, 28 miles). For 26% 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
The work figures that set Joppa apart
Joppa is a place people come home to
There are 10 jobs based in Joppa, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Joppa has about 260 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Joppa’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Joppa is Huntsville, 28 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (30) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Home offices are common in Joppa
26% of Joppa workers work from home, against 9% across Alabama. 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 202 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who leaves Joppa for work, and who comes in
On a workday 202 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Joppa on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
Where in the region Joppa works
About 22% 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.
Commuting from Joppa: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Joppa workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 163 commuters (the 26% 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.
The places Joppa commutes to
Where Joppa clocks in
15% of workers
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Joppa
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Joppa, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 10. 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 Joppa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Joppa: questions
What is the poverty rate in Joppa?
0.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Joppa?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Joppa work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huntsville (15%, 28 mi), Cullman (9%, 19 mi), Arab (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Joppa 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 Joppa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Joppa
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.