How Tibbie works: jobs, income and commuting
11 jobs are based in Tibbie, against 17 working residents. Hardly any stay in Tibbie for work; outside it, Chatom is the main destination (6%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Tibbie by day and by night
On a workday 17 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 18 people are in Tibbie on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.65 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.
Where Tibbie’s working residents head each day
Where Tibbie clocks in
6% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
What Tibbie’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tibbie, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 11. 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 Tibbie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Tibbie, by distance
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.
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 Tibbie: questions
What is the poverty rate in Tibbie?
0.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Tibbie work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Chatom (6%, 7 mi), Bay Minette (6%, 42 mi), Jackson (6%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tibbie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tibbie
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.