Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and earnings in Petrey, and the trip to work
The average commute takes 11 minutes each way, next to 26 for Alabama and 26 for the U.S. For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Alabama 9%). Only 3% work in Petrey itself; outside it, Montgomery draws the most (21%, 34 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Petrey for work, and who comes in
On a workday 28 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 27 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 (0.97 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.
Out of Petrey to work: where people go
Where Petrey clocks in
21% of workers
14% of workers
10% 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.
What work there is in Petrey: 28 jobs
28 jobs are based in Petrey.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Petrey, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 28. 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 Petrey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 11 minutes each way, quicker than most of Alabama
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Petrey workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Petrey
About 41% 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 Petrey: questions
What is the median household income in Petrey?
$67,321 (±$28,071) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Petrey?
7.7%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Petrey?
11 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Petrey work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Montgomery (21%, 34 mi), Luverne (14%, 10 mi), Dothan (10%, 64 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Petrey 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 Petrey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Petrey
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.