Most of Parrish commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
The trip to work takes 28 minutes on average, where Alabama has 26 and the U.S. 26. Parrish has 184 jobs; 372 of its residents have a job. Only 1% stay in Parrish for work; outside it, Jasper is the main destination (21%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Parrish
On a workday 368 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Parrish on a workday afternoon, 19% 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 Parrish’s working residents head each day
Where Parrish clocks in
21% of workers
18% 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 Parrish
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parrish, 2013 → 2023: 156 → 184. 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 Parrish’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Alabama
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Parrish workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 441 commuters (the 6% 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.
How far Parrish’s workers travel
About 21% 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.
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 Parrish: questions
What is the median household income in Parrish?
$32,798 (±$17,193) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Parrish?
29.8%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Parrish?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Parrish work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jasper (21%, 8 mi), Birmingham (18%, 31 mi), Homewood (4%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Parrish 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 Parrish, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parrish
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.