Most of Riverview commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Riverview; the top destination outside it is Mobile (11%, 67 miles). Riverview has 24 jobs; 63 of its residents have a job. 39% of workers work from home, against 9% across Alabama.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Riverview for work, and who comes in
On a workday 63 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Riverview on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
The towns that employ Riverview’s residents
Where Riverview clocks in
11% 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.
In Riverview, 71% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Riverview, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 24. 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 Riverview’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Riverview: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Riverview workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 40 commuters (the 39% 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 Riverview works
About 36% 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 is work for 10% of Riverview
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Brewton. Darker towns draw more of Riverview’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 Riverview: questions
What is the poverty rate in Riverview?
40.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Riverview?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 39% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Riverview work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mobile (11%, 67 mi), Brewton (10%, 3 mi), East Brewton (5%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Riverview 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 Riverview, from the people who make the trip.
More of Riverview
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.