Households in Opp earn less than those in 95% of U.S. towns
About one in four work in Opp itself; outside it, Andalusia draws the most (15%, 13 miles). The poverty rate is 26.3% (Alabama 15.6%). For jobs and income Opp is better than 8% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (C+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Opp, in a few figures
Opp trades workers with the towns around it
Opp has about as many jobs (2,102) as working residents (2,378), but they are mostly different people: 1,789 residents leave for work each day while 1,513 people come in. Only 28% of the jobs in Opp are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Few Opp workers work from home
Only 1% of workers work from home, against 9% across Alabama. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Opp’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Unemployment holds Opp’s grade up (5.2%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($41,347, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Opp could be anywhere from D− to C−.
How many people are in Opp by day
On a workday 1,789 residents head out to work, 589 work right here, and 1,513 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).
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 trip to work from Opp: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Opp workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,546 commuters (the 1% 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.
Out of Opp to work: where people go
Where Opp clocks in
15% of workers
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.
The 2,102 jobs based in Opp
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Opp, 2013 → 2023: 1,965 → 2,102. 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 Opp’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Opp’s workers travel
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Opp is a driving town
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,581 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). 7.7% of Opp households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Opp’s commuters take a bus or train.
Opp next to U.S. towns of 4,700 to 9,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Norwood NJ | 5,817 | $178K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 150 | Highland Lakes AL | 5,866 | $169K | 4.1% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 266 | Redland AL | 4,982 | $130K | 1.4% | 2.5% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 378 | Brook Highland AL | 8,146 | $80K | 4.6% | 0.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,087 | Pulaski TN | 8,394 | $49K | 25.7% | 7.2% | 34% | D |
| 3,088 | Covington TN | 8,585 | $42K | 29.2% | 8.8% | 31% | D |
| 3,089 | Opp AL | 6,738 | $41K | 26.3% | 5.2% | 25% | D |
| 3,090 | Rio Communities NM | 4,953 | $46K | 13.4% | 16.1% | 4% | D |
| 3,091 | Donaldsonville LA | 7,094 | $24K | 44.8% | 13.4% | 16% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,253 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Opp, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
Opp and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Opp workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opp | – | D | C+ | 27 min | $41,347 |
| Babbie | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Horn Hill | under 2% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Babbie and Horn Hill: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Opp’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 Opp: questions
What is the median household income in Opp?
$41,347 (±$4,387) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Opp?
26.3%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Opp?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Opp work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Andalusia (15%, 13 mi), Dothan (5%, 50 mi), Enterprise (4%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Opp walkable?
Opp is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Opp without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Opp, from the people who make the trip.
More of Opp
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. 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.