Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Walnut Grove works elsewhere
34 jobs are based in Walnut Grove, and 258 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Walnut Grove; the top destination outside it is Albertville (14%, 14 miles). The trip to work takes 27 minutes on average; Alabama averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Walnut Grove: the figures worth knowing
Walnut Grove on a workday afternoon
On a workday 257 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Walnut Grove on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
Commuting out of Walnut Grove: the destinations
Where Walnut Grove clocks in
14% of workers
12% of workers
8% 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 kinds of work in Walnut Grove
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Walnut Grove, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 34. 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 Walnut Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Walnut Grove: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Walnut Grove workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 302 commuters (the 3% 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.
How far it is to work from Walnut Grove
About 18% 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 Walnut Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Walnut Grove?
$40,089 (±$20,739) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Walnut Grove?
33.7%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Walnut Grove?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Walnut Grove work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albertville (14%, 14 mi), Gadsden (12%, 16 mi), Boaz (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Walnut Grove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Walnut Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Walnut Grove
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.