Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Shiloh has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Hardly any work in Shiloh; the top destination outside it is Fort Payne (26%, 11 miles). Employers in Shiloh report 31 jobs, against 133 working residents. Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Alabama 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Shiloh for work, and who comes in
On a workday 133 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Shiloh on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Where people from Shiloh work
Where Shiloh clocks in
14% 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.
Shiloh makes things: 61% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shiloh, 2013 → 2023: 80 → 31. 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 Shiloh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Shiloh: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shiloh workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 94 commuters (the 3% 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.
How far it is to work from Shiloh
About 19% 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 16% of Shiloh
The biggest share goes to Rainsville (14%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shiloh workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shiloh | – | — | — | 22 min | $61,538 |
| Fyffe | 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Rainsville | 14% | B | C− | 19 min | $74,046 |
Same-state neighbors only. Fyffe: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Shiloh’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 Shiloh: questions
What is the median household income in Shiloh?
$61,538 (±$35,183) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shiloh?
11.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shiloh?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shiloh work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Payne (26%, 11 mi), Rainsville (14%, 3 mi), Scottsboro (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Shiloh 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 Shiloh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shiloh
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.