Mignon has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Home is the office for 3% of workers, against 9% across Alabama. 65 jobs are based in Mignon, against 481 working residents. The average commute takes 17 minutes each way (Alabama 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Mignon stands out on work
Mignon is a place people come home to
There are 65 jobs based in Mignon, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Mignon has about 450 people in it, 48% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Mignon and Sylacauga trade workers both ways
Sylacauga is the top workplace for Mignon residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Mignon come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Mignon are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 26 across Alabama. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Alabama worker. 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 481 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Mignon on a workday afternoon
On a workday 480 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Mignon on a workday afternoon, 48% 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.
21% of working residents work in Sylacauga
Where Mignon clocks in
21% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
A commute of about 17 minutes in Mignon
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mignon workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 420 commuters (the 3% 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.
Mignon is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mignon, 2013 → 2023: 68 → 65. 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 Mignon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Mignon, by distance
About 23% 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.
Mignon and its neighbors: 21% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Sylacauga. Darker towns draw more of Mignon’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 Mignon: questions
What is the median household income in Mignon?
$32,818 (±$18,867) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mignon?
31.6%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mignon?
17 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mignon work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sylacauga (21%, 2 mi), Birmingham (6%, 39 mi), Hoover (3%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mignon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mignon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mignon
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.