Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Newville commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Commuters spend 25 minutes getting to work on average; Alabama averages 26, the U.S. 26. Newville has 26 jobs, and 217 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Newville; the top destination outside it is Dothan (33%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Newville apart
Newville is a place people come home to
There are 26 jobs based in Newville, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Newville has about 380 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Newville works in Dothan
72 working residents, 33%, have their main job in Dothan, 14 miles away. That’s 33 times as many as work in Newville itself. The commute map ↓
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; with 217 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Newville
On a workday 214 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 23 people come in from elsewhere.
About 380 people are in Newville on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Where Newville’s working residents head each day
Where Newville clocks in
33% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Newville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newville, 2014 → 2024: 17 → 26. 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 Newville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Newville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newville workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 177 commuters (the 5% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Newville
About 28% 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.
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 Newville: questions
What is the median household income in Newville?
$41,250 (±$29,938) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newville?
28.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dothan (33%, 14 mi), Abbeville (7%, 11 mi), Headland (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Newville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newville
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.