Work means Dothan for more than half of Rehobeth’s working residents
Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average; Alabama averages 26, the U.S. 26. For jobs and income Rehobeth is better than 52% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (D). Only 1% work in Rehobeth; the top destination outside it is Dothan (56%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Rehobeth, in a few figures
Jobs & income in Rehobeth: the grade in detail
All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Rehobeth’s grade. It also does well on job access by car.
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Rehobeth’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rehobeth could be anywhere from C to A−.
Commuting out of Rehobeth: the destinations
Where Rehobeth clocks in
56% of workers
2% of workers
2% 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 daily flow of workers through Rehobeth
On a workday 746 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 370 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Rehobeth on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.50 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.
Services make up most of the work in Rehobeth
379 jobs are based in Rehobeth.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rehobeth, 2013 → 2023: 343 → 379. 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 Rehobeth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way for Rehobeth’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rehobeth workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 899 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.
Rehobeth’s commute, mile by mile
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 Rehobeth: mostly by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 932 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). 6.5% of Rehobeth households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rehobeth’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rehobeth next to U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000: 2,076th of 5,102 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Indian Springs Village AL | 2,553 | $137K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 387 | Westover AL | 2,121 | $97K | 4.1% | 0.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 438 | Trinity AL | 2,638 | $101K | 3.1% | 2.8% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,074 | WaKeeney KS | 1,746 | $68K | 7.4% | 1.4% | 42% | B− |
| 2,075 | Cottonwood Shores TX | 1,701 | $63K | 8.2% | 1.9% | 1% | B− |
| 2,076 | Rehobeth AL | 2,217 | $81K | 11.3% | 1.8% | 1% | B− |
| 2,077 | Industry PA | 1,783 | $76K | 12.5% | 5.2% | 4% | B− |
| 2,078 | Salem Township OH | 2,703 | $70K | 12.0% | 0.1% | 4% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Rehobeth, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
Bordering towns draw 58% of Rehobeth’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Dothan. Darker towns draw more of Rehobeth’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 Rehobeth: questions
What is the median household income in Rehobeth?
$80,972 (±$11,470) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rehobeth?
11.3%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rehobeth?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rehobeth work?
1% work in town.
Is Rehobeth walkable?
Rehobeth is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rehobeth 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 Rehobeth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rehobeth
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.