With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of McMullen works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in McMullen for work; outside it, Aliceville is the main destination (10%, 2 miles). 2 jobs are based in McMullen, and 10 of its residents work somewhere. 85.7% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 15.6% for Alabama as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of McMullen
On a workday 10 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 23 people are in McMullen on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
The places McMullen commutes to
Where McMullen clocks in
10% of workers
10% 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.
Most jobs in McMullen are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 McMullen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far McMullen’s workers travel
About 67% 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 McMullen: questions
What is the poverty rate in McMullen?
85.7%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in McMullen work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Aliceville (10%, 2 mi), Pelham (10%, 84 mi), Huntsville (10%, 137 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from McMullen, from the people who make the trip.
More of McMullen
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.