Peterman has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
0% of workers work from home; Alabama has 9%. Employers in Peterman report 7 jobs, against 57 working residents. Hardly any work in Peterman; the top destination outside it is Monroeville (18%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Peterman, and who commutes in
On a workday 57 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Peterman on a workday afternoon, 100% 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 the trip to work from Peterman ends
Where Peterman clocks in
18% of workers
7% 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.
86% of the jobs in Peterman pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Peterman, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 7. 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 Peterman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Peterman
of Peterman 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.
How far Peterman’s workers travel
About 49% 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 Peterman: questions
What is the poverty rate in Peterman?
0.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Peterman work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monroeville (18%, 6 mi), Mobile (7%, 81 mi), Camden (4%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Peterman 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 Peterman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peterman
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.