Uriah has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 2% work in Uriah itself; outside it, Mobile draws the most (8%, 57 miles). There are 37 jobs in Uriah; 100 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, against 9% across Alabama.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Uriah: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 98 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 35 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Uriah on a workday afternoon, 32% 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 the trip to work from Uriah ends
Where Uriah clocks in
8% of workers
7% 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.
Making and building: 41% of jobs based in Uriah
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Uriah, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 37. 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 Uriah’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes to work from Uriah
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Uriah workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 119 commuters (the 0% 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 Uriah commutes less than 44 miles
About 48% 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.
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 Uriah: questions
What is the median household income in Uriah?
$126,563 (±$114,729) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Uriah?
9.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Uriah?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Uriah work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mobile (8%, 57 mi), Monroeville (7%, 18 mi), Atmore (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Uriah 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 Uriah, from the people who make the trip.
More of Uriah
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.