Most of Vincent commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
There are 220 jobs in Vincent, against 817 working residents. The two grades for Vincent are C− for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Measured by household income, Vincent is behind 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Vincent
Vincent’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Vincent is Birmingham, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 17% of working residents (136) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Vincent than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Vincent fell from 430 in 2013 to 220 in 2023, −49%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Vincent is a place people come home to
There are 220 jobs based in Vincent, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Vincent has about 1,400 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 817 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Vincent’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Vincent is better than 16% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Vincent’s grade up (ahead of 48% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (21.7%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (10.5%) is left out: Vincent’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Vincent could be anywhere from D to B−.
How far Vincent’s workers travel
About 17% 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.
Vincent makes things: 29% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vincent, 2013 → 2023: 430 → 220. 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 Vincent’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Vincent
On a workday 806 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 209 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Vincent on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
17% of working residents work in Birmingham
Where Vincent clocks in
17% of workers
7% 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.
From Vincent, about 35 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vincent workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 780 commuters (the 4% 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.
For most of Vincent, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Vincent is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Vincent near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 813 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.4% of Vincent households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Vincent’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,551st of 5,793: where Vincent ranks among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,800
| # | 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 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Indian Springs Village AL | 2,553 | $137K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 422 | Westover AL | 2,121 | $97K | 4.1% | 0.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 479 | Trinity AL | 2,638 | $101K | 3.1% | 2.8% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,549 | Ledbetter KY | 1,785 | $60K | 27.7% | 9.8% | 4% | C− |
| 4,550 | Daniels WV | 1,489 | $60K | 24.2% | 3.9% | 3% | C− |
| 4,551 | Vincent AL | 2,045 | $53K | 21.7% | 10.5% | 1% | C− |
| 4,552 | Questa NM | 1,809 | $47K | 17.5% | 3.0% | 17% | C− |
| 4,553 | Greenbush ME | 1,531 | $60K | 10.2% | 9.6% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,793 | 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 Vincent, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
Next door to Vincent
The biggest share goes to Harpersville (3%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vincent workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vincent | – | C− | D− | 35 min | $52,813 |
| Harpersville | 3% | B− | D | 37 min | $75,018 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vincent’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Vincent: questions
What is the median household income in Vincent?
$52,813 (±$15,566) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vincent?
21.7%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vincent?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vincent work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Birmingham (17%, 25 mi), Hoover (7%, 24 mi), Homewood (4%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Vincent walkable?
Vincent is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Vincent without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vincent, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vincent
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.