Photo: Ken Ratcliff · CC BY 2.0Lillian has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Household incomes here are lower than in 85% of U.S. towns. There are 112 jobs in Lillian; 398 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Lillian are C for jobs and income and B+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lillian: the figures worth knowing
A lot of Lillian workers cross into Florida
30% of Lillian workers work outside Alabama, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Pensacola (11%), Brent (4%) and Ferry Pass (3%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Lillian is a place people come home to
There are 112 jobs based in Lillian, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
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 398 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Lillian: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Lillian is better than 34% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Lillian’s grade up (0.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Lillian’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Lillian could be anywhere from C to B−.
11% of working residents work in Pensacola
Where Lillian clocks in
11% of workers
7% 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.
Lillian quiets down on a workday
On a workday 389 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Lillian on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
What Lillian’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lillian, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 112. 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 Lillian’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Lillian spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lillian workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 583 commuters (the 7% 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 Lillian’s workers travel
About 19% 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.
Getting around Lillian: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lillian is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 39.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 1.7% across Alabama, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 626 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 Lillian households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lillian’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lillian places 3,301st of 6,308 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 87 | Shoal Creek AL | 1,328 | $218K | 0.0% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 369 | Rock Creek AL | 1,103 | $84K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 403 | Blue Ridge AL | 1,190 | $128K | 6.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,299 | Huston Township PA | 1,306 | $81K | 11.2% | 4.0% | 1% | C |
| 3,300 | Jay Township PA | 1,884 | $67K | 7.2% | 4.8% | 7% | C |
| 3,301 | Lillian AL | 1,460 | $52K | 0.6% | 0.0% | 2% | C |
| 3,302 | Lucasville OH | 1,527 | $64K | 8.4% | 0.0% | 4% | C |
| 3,303 | Westwood Shores TX | 1,466 | $46K | 2.9% | 7.5% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | 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 Lillian, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
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 Lillian: questions
What is the median household income in Lillian?
$52,281 (±$25,517) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lillian?
0.6%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lillian?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lillian work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pensacola (11%, 14 mi), Foley (10%, 15 mi), Orange Beach (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lillian walkable?
Lillian is more walkable than 69% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 39% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lillian 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 Lillian, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lillian
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.