Moundville · Photo: Altairisfar (Jeffrey Reed) · CC BY-SA 3.0Moundville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
There are 398 jobs in Moundville; 1,357 of its residents have a job. Moundville grades B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 3% work in Moundville itself; outside it, Tuscaloosa draws the most (35%, 17 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Moundville
One in three of Moundville works in Tuscaloosa
478 working residents, 35%, have their main job in Tuscaloosa, 17 miles away. That’s 12 times as many as work in Moundville itself. The commute map ↓
Moundville is a place people come home to
There are 398 jobs based in Moundville, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Moundville has about 2,700 people in it, 26% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Moundville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Moundville is better than 47% of U.S. towns, #74 of 187 in Alabama. Unemployment holds Moundville’s grade up (2.2%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (17.6%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Moundville could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Where Moundville goes to work
Where Moundville clocks in
5% of workers
4% 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.
Moundville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,313 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 354 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Moundville 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 2024, primary jobs.
Jobs in Moundville: what the 398 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moundville, 2014 → 2024: 366 → 398. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moundville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Moundville, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moundville workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,484 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.
Moundville’s commute, mile by mile
About 26% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Moundville gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Moundville is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns, #116 of 187 in Alabama. Both inputs place Moundville 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 1,541 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). 7.0% of Moundville households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Moundville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Moundville places 2,391st of 4,474 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 95 | Indian Springs Village AL | 2,553 | $137K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 117 | Eagle Point AL | 3,110 | $152K | 3.2% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 184 | Priceville AL | 3,952 | $117K | 2.2% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,389 | Whitesboro TX | 4,188 | $70K | 16.5% | 2.2% | 13% | B− |
| 2,390 | Jackson Township OH | 2,549 | $81K | 6.5% | 9.4% | 1% | B− |
| 2,391 | Moundville AL | 3,628 | $73K | 17.6% | 2.2% | 3% | B− |
| 2,392 | Richmond ME | 3,609 | $66K | 12.4% | 2.6% | 9% | B− |
| 2,393 | Oswegatchie NY | 3,976 | $85K | 13.8% | 2.1% | 12% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,474 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Moundville, 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 2024, 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 Moundville: questions
What is the median household income in Moundville?
$73,036 (±$20,559) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moundville?
17.6%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moundville?
26 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moundville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tuscaloosa (35%, 17 mi), Northport (5%, 18 mi), Birmingham (4%, 60 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Moundville walkable?
Moundville is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Moundville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moundville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moundville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.