Mount Sinai School · Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Pine Level works elsewhere
Employers in Pine Level report 362 jobs; 1,960 of its residents have a job. Pine Level grades B+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Only 1% stay in Pine Level for work; outside it, Montgomery is the main destination (42%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Pine Level and work: the main findings
42% of Pine Level works in Montgomery
829 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Montgomery, 19 miles away. That’s 42 times as many as work in Pine Level itself. The commute map ↓
Pine Level is a place people come home to
There are 362 jobs based in Pine Level, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Pine Level has about 2,600 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Pine Level workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Alabama. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Pine Level’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pine Level is better than 70% of U.S. towns, #39 of 187 in Alabama. The poverty rate is its strongest input (5.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pine Level could be anywhere from C+ to A.
The places Pine Level commutes to
Where Pine Level clocks in
42% of workers
14% of workers
3% 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.
A workday in Pine Level: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,939 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 341 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Pine Level on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Getting to work from Pine Level takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pine Level workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,950 commuters (the 5% 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 kinds of work in Pine Level
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pine Level, 2013 → 2023: 202 → 362. 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 Pine Level’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Pine Level
About 20% 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.
Getting around Pine Level: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pine Level is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns, #184 of 187 in Alabama. Both inputs place Pine Level near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,044 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.2% of Pine Level households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pine Level’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Pine Level is 1,242nd among 4,112 U.S. towns of 2,900 to 5,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 113 | Eagle Point AL | 3,110 | $152K | 3.2% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 180 | Priceville AL | 3,952 | $117K | 2.2% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 215 | Argo AL | 4,376 | $105K | 1.1% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,240 | West Point Township IL | 3,095 | $79K | 2.7% | 2.4% | 13% | B+ |
| 1,241 | Waipio Acres HI | 5,332 | $95K | 6.6% | 5.1% | 0% | B+ |
| 1,242 | Pine Level AL | 4,170 | $93K | 5.9% | 3.8% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,243 | The Meadows FL | 5,492 | $70K | 11.9% | 0.9% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,244 | Burnt Mills MD | 3,751 | $113K | 8.2% | 7.8% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,112 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Pine Level, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
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 Pine Level: questions
What is the median household income in Pine Level?
$93,134 (±$9,352) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pine Level?
5.9%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pine Level?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pine Level work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Montgomery (42%, 19 mi), Prattville (14%, 9 mi), Millbrook (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pine Level walkable?
Pine Level is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pine Level without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pine Level, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pine Level
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.