More people are out of work in Remlap (10.6%) than in 95% of U.S. towns
Working residents average 44 minutes each way, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. Remlap grades C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 2% work in Remlap itself; outside it, Birmingham draws the most (30%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Remlap at work: what stands out
Remlap workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 44 minutes each way, against 26 across Alabama. Over a year that’s about 337 hours of commuting, 138 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Remlap is a place people come home to
There are 260 jobs based in Remlap, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Remlap has about 1,900 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
30% of Remlap works in Birmingham
332 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Birmingham, 23 miles away. That’s 15 times as many as work in Remlap itself. The commute map ↓
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.
Remlap’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Remlap is better than 38% of U.S. towns, #94 of 187 in Alabama. The poverty rate holds Remlap’s grade up (6.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Remlap could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Remlap’s commute takes about 44 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Remlap workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 992 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.
Remlap on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,097 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 242 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Remlap on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.23 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 places Remlap commutes to
Where Remlap clocks in
30% 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.
The 260 jobs based in Remlap
260 jobs are based in Remlap.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Remlap, 2013 → 2023: 209 → 260. 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 Remlap’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Remlap
About 16% 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.
In Remlap, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Remlap is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns, #175 of 187 in Alabama. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 1.7% across Alabama.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,032 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). 0.0% of Remlap households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Remlap’s commuters take a bus or train.
Remlap places 2,975th of 4,969 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Indian Springs Village AL | 2,553 | $137K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 96 | Eagle Point AL | 3,110 | $152K | 3.2% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 255 | Emerald Mountain AL | 3,535 | $123K | 2.2% | 1.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,973 | White Pine TN | 2,619 | $55K | 11.6% | 4.1% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,974 | Jefferson Township OH | 3,196 | $64K | 16.1% | 3.5% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,975 | Remlap AL | 2,761 | $65K | 6.1% | 10.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,976 | Hypoluxo FL | 2,954 | $78K | 16.0% | 25.3% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,977 | Onawa IA | 2,821 | $62K | 16.3% | 1.2% | 31% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Remlap, 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 Remlap: questions
What is the median household income in Remlap?
$64,677 (±$9,589) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Remlap?
6.1%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Remlap?
44 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Remlap work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Birmingham (30%, 23 mi), Trussville (4%, 11 mi), Homewood (3%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Remlap walkable?
Remlap is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Remlap 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 Remlap, from the people who make the trip.
More of Remlap
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.