Households in Slocomb have lower incomes than those in 97% of U.S. towns
For 1% of workers, the job is at home (Alabama 9%). 32.8% of residents live below the poverty line, against 15.6% across Alabama. The two grades for Slocomb are D for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Slocomb: the gist
Slocomb and Dothan trade workers both ways
Dothan is the top workplace for Slocomb residents (34%) and also where the most people who work in Slocomb come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Slocomb has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Slocomb went from 376 in 2013 to 641 in 2023, +70%. The jobs ↓
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; with 765 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Slocomb’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Slocomb is better than 6% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Slocomb’s grade up (ahead of 38% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (10.0%) is left out: Slocomb’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Slocomb stays D.
34% of working residents work in Dothan
Where Slocomb clocks in
34% of workers
5% 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 641 jobs based in Slocomb
641 jobs are based in Slocomb.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Slocomb, 2013 → 2023: 376 → 641. 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 Slocomb’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Slocomb
On a workday 718 residents head out to work, 47 work right here, and 594 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Slocomb: about 23 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Slocomb workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 749 commuters (the 1% 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.
Half of Slocomb commutes less than 16 miles
About 25% 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.
Slocomb is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Slocomb is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 1.7% across Alabama, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 756 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). 6.6% of Slocomb households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Slocomb’s commuters take a bus or train.
Slocomb next to U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Indian Springs Village AL | 2,553 | $137K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 387 | Westover AL | 2,121 | $97K | 4.1% | 0.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 438 | Trinity AL | 2,638 | $101K | 3.1% | 2.8% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,653 | Pawnee OK | 1,974 | $41K | 14.9% | 2.8% | 35% | D |
| 4,654 | Roubidoux Township MO | 1,797 | $64K | 22.6% | 3.3% | 4% | D |
| 4,655 | Slocomb AL | 2,226 | $38K | 32.8% | 10.0% | 6% | D |
| 4,656 | Trion GA | 1,972 | $49K | 26.5% | 2.6% | 5% | D |
| 4,657 | Crystal Falls MI | 1,607 | $61K | 21.0% | 5.8% | 15% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Slocomb, 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 Slocomb: questions
What is the median household income in Slocomb?
$38,056 (±$4,190) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Slocomb?
32.8%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Slocomb?
23 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Slocomb work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dothan (34%, 14 mi), Enterprise (5%, 21 mi), Geneva (4%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Slocomb walkable?
Slocomb is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Slocomb without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Slocomb, from the people who make the trip.
More of Slocomb
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.