Most of Panola commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 0% of workers; Alabama has 9%. There are 1 jobs in Panola for 18 working residents. Hardly any stay in Panola for work; outside it, Livingston is the main destination (33%, 25 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Panola for work, and who comes in
On a workday 18 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
About 52 people are in Panola on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Where Panola’s working residents head each day
Where Panola clocks in
33% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Panola
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Panola’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Panola
of Panola workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 7 commuters (the 0% 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.
The commute from Panola, by distance
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.
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 Panola: questions
What is the poverty rate in Panola?
100.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Panola work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Livingston (33%, 25 mi), Gainesville (6%, 11 mi), Eutaw (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Panola without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Panola, from the people who make the trip.
More of Panola
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.