Photo: Ecjmartin1 · Public domainWork means Dothan for about half of Napier Field’s working residents
There are 107 jobs in Napier Field for 154 working residents. The trip to work takes 23 minutes on average, next to 26 for Alabama and 26 for the U.S. For 4% of workers, the job is at home, where Alabama as a whole has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Napier Field on a workday
On a workday 152 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Napier Field on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Napier Field commutes to
Where Napier Field clocks in
45% of workers
6% 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.
Napier Field makes things: 56% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Napier Field, 2013 → 2023: 399 → 107. 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 Napier Field’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Napier Field, about 23 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Napier Field workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 181 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Napier Field
About 20% 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.
45% of Napier Field works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Napier Field workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Napier Field | – | — | — | 23 min | $41,875 |
| Dothan | 45% | C | B− | 20 min | $55,792 |
| Grimes | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grimes: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Dothan. Darker towns draw more of Napier Field’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 Napier Field: questions
What is the median household income in Napier Field?
$41,875 (±$9,066) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Napier Field?
19.2%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Napier Field?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Napier Field work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Napier Field without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Napier Field, from the people who make the trip.
More of Napier Field
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.