McIntosh Log Church · Photo: Carol M. Highsmith · Public domainA job hub: McIntosh has 3.2 jobs per working resident, and 270 people come in to work
The average commute takes 25 minutes each way; Alabama averages 26, the U.S. 26. Employers in McIntosh report 273 jobs, and 85 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in McIntosh; the top destination outside it is Mobile (32%, 42 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through McIntosh
On a workday 82 residents head out to work and 3 work right here.
About 380 people are in McIntosh on a workday afternoon, 98% more 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 McIntosh’s workers come from
Where McIntosh clocks in
32% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 33% of the jobs in McIntosh
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in McIntosh, 2013 → 2023: 186 → 273. 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 McIntosh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long McIntosh spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of McIntosh workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 166 commuters (the 10% 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.
Miles to work from McIntosh
About 33% 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.
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 McIntosh: questions
What is the median household income in McIntosh?
$74,167 (±$28,020) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in McIntosh?
39.3%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from McIntosh?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in McIntosh work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mobile (32%, 42 mi), Pelham (4%, 162 mi), Satsuma (2%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around McIntosh 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 McIntosh, from the people who make the trip.
More of McIntosh
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.