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Jobs & commute in Sims Chapel

Jobs and earnings in Sims Chapel, and the trip to work

Sims Chapel has 64 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there. Hardly any stay in Sims Chapel for work; outside it, Mobile is the main destination (25%, 40 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

0 jobs based here
Work in town
0%
0 of 64 working residents
Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Sims Chapel

On a workday 64 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

64live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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 commute map

The places Sims Chapel commutes to

McIntosh: 2 residents work here (3%)Grove Hill: 1 residents work here (2%)Fayette: 1 residents work here (2%)Slocomb: 1 residents work here (2%)Thomasville: 1 residents work here (2%)Chatom: 2 residents work here (3%)Saraland: 3 residents work here (5%)Mobile: 16 residents work here (25%)Montgomery: 2 residents work here (3%)Axis: 2 residents work here (3%)Sims ChapelMobileSaralandMcIntoshChatomMontgomeryAxisSims Chapel
1
Mobile40.4 mi away
25%16
2
Saraland27.6 mi away
5%3
3
McIntosh7.1 mi away
3%2
4
Chatom16.1 mi away
3%2
5
Montgomery133.9 mi away
3%2
6
Axis23.9 mi away
3%2
7
Grove Hill37.9 mi away
2%1
8
Fayette169.8 mi away
2%1
9
Slocomb150.9 mi away
2%1
10
Thomasville51.8 mi away
2%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
52%33
The top trips

Where Sims Chapel clocks in

25% of workers
40.4 mi awayMobile16 Sims Chapel residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5%Saraland
5% of workers
27.6 mi awaySaraland3 Sims Chapel residents work here · Jobs & commute →
3%McIntosh
3% of workers
7.1 mi awayMcIntosh2 Sims Chapel residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

How far

How far it is to work from Sims Chapel

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMobile: 25% · 40.4 miSaraland: 5% · 27.6 miMcIntosh: 3% · 7.1 miChatom: 3% · 16.1 miMontgomery: 3% · 133.9 miAxis: 3% · 23.9 miGrove Hill: 2% · 37.9 miFayette: 2% · 169.8 miSlocomb: 2% · 150.9 miThomasville: 2% · 51.8 miMobile 25%Saraland 5%McIntosh 3%Chatom 3%Montgomery 3%Sims Chapel
Sims ChapelTop destinations (size = commuters)
6%Under 10 mi4 residents
21%10–24 mi13 residents
44%25–50 mi28 residents
29%Over 50 mi18 residents

About 29% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Sims Chapel: questions

Where do people who live in Sims Chapel work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mobile (25%, 40 mi), Saraland (5%, 28 mi), McIntosh (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Sims Chapel, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

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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.