For more than half of its working residents, Kinsey is a commute to Dothan
A typical one-way commute lasts 22 minutes, where Alabama has 26 and the U.S. 26. Jobs and income earn Kinsey B−; getting around on foot earns it D−. Household incomes here are lower than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Kinsey, in brief
More than half of Kinsey works in Dothan
501 working residents, 54%, have their main job in Dothan, 6.1 miles away across the town line. That’s 54 times as many as work in Kinsey itself. The commute map ↓
Kinsey is a place people come home to
There are 180 jobs based in Kinsey, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Kinsey has about 1,500 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Kinsey residents work close to home
62% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
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 922 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Kinsey’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Kinsey is better than 54% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Kinsey’s grade up (1.8%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($55,500, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Kinsey could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Out of Kinsey to work: where people go
Where Kinsey clocks in
54% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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.
Who works in Kinsey, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 915 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 173 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Kinsey on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.20 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Miles to work from Kinsey
About 20% 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.
Goods jobs make up 33% of work in Kinsey
180 jobs are based in Kinsey.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kinsey, 2013 → 2023: 94 → 180. 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 Kinsey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Kinsey: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kinsey workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,120 commuters (the 4% 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.
Kinsey is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kinsey is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Kinsey 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 1,164 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). 5.6% of Kinsey households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kinsey’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Kinsey ranks: 2,052nd of 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 74 | Indian Springs Village AL | 2,553 | $137K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 402 | Westover AL | 2,121 | $97K | 4.1% | 0.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 457 | Trinity AL | 2,638 | $101K | 3.1% | 2.8% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,050 | Florida NY | 2,756 | $93K | 6.3% | 6.0% | 8% | B− |
| 2,051 | Kinsman Township OH | 1,719 | $62K | 4.2% | 1.1% | 12% | B− |
| 2,052 | Kinsey AL | 2,291 | $56K | 8.5% | 1.8% | 1% | B− |
| 2,053 | Star Valley AZ | 2,538 | $65K | 6.2% | 0.0% | 2% | B− |
| 2,054 | Lake Eunice Township MN | 1,752 | $90K | 5.5% | 2.5% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | 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 Kinsey, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
Work next door: 54% of Kinsey’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Dothan. Darker towns draw more of Kinsey’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 Kinsey: questions
What is the median household income in Kinsey?
$55,500 (±$12,354) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kinsey?
8.5%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kinsey?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kinsey work?
1% work in town.
Is Kinsey walkable?
Kinsey is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kinsey 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 Kinsey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kinsey
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.