Photo: Dofftoubab · CC BY 4.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Repton works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Repton; the top destination outside it is Monroeville (15%, 9 miles). Repton has 39 jobs for 97 working residents. Home is the office for 0% of workers (Alabama 9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Repton on a workday
On a workday 97 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Repton on a workday afternoon, 26% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Repton: the destinations
Where Repton clocks in
15% of workers
11% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Repton: what the 39 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Repton, 2014 → 2024: 3 → 39. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Repton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 44 minutes to work from Repton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Repton workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20 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.
Where in the region Repton works
About 45% 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 2024.
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 2024, 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 Repton: questions
What is the median household income in Repton?
$23,438 (±$18,308) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Repton?
37.1%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Repton?
44 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Repton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Monroeville (15%, 9 mi), Evergreen (11%, 16 mi), Mobile (5%, 73 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Repton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Repton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Repton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.