Montgomery Hill Baptist Church · Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0Making a living in Stockton
Hardly any work in Stockton; the top destination outside it is Mobile (18%, 27 miles). 5% of workers have no commute at all; Alabama has 9%. Stockton has 148 jobs for 237 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Stockton
The distance from Stockton to work
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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The workday shuffle in and out of Stockton
On a workday 236 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Stockton on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.62 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Stockton’s working residents head each day
Where Stockton clocks in
18% of workers
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.
Stockton works in goods: 75% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stockton, 2014 → 2024: 16 → 148. 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 Stockton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Stockton
of Stockton workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 198 commuters (the 5% 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.
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 Stockton: questions
What is the median household income in Stockton?
$148,611 (±$65,322) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stockton?
5.3%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Stockton work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mobile (18%, 27 mi), Bay Minette (11%, 9 mi), Fairhope (7%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Stockton 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 Stockton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stockton
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.