Photo: Ecjmartin1 · Public domainFor about two in five of its working residents, Pinckard is a commute to Dothan
A typical one-way commute lasts 27 minutes, next to 26 for Alabama and 26 for the U.S. Only 1% work in Pinckard itself; outside it, Dothan draws the most (44%, 10 miles). Pinckard has 153 jobs; 226 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Pinckard, in brief
Out of Pinckard to work: where people go
Where Pinckard clocks in
44% 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.
Pinckard on a workday afternoon
On a workday 223 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 150 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Pinckard on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 kinds of work in Pinckard
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pinckard, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 153. 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 Pinckard’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way, about the AL average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pinckard workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 329 commuters (the 4% 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 it is to work from Pinckard
About 17% 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.
Next door to Pinckard
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Newton. Darker towns draw more of Pinckard’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 Pinckard: questions
What is the median household income in Pinckard?
$58,162 (±$11,711) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pinckard?
13.7%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pinckard?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pinckard work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around Pinckard without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pinckard, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pinckard
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.