Unemployment in Warrior (7.5%) is higher than in 86% of U.S. towns
Household incomes here are lower than in 78% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Warrior is better than 24% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (B). Only 6% work in Warrior; the top destination outside it is Birmingham (30%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Warrior stands out on work
30% of Warrior works in Birmingham
374 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Birmingham, 20 miles away. That’s 5 times as many as work in Warrior itself. The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Warrior
53% of Warrior residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 35% of the jobs based in Warrior pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Warrior pay little
26% of the jobs based in Warrior pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 32% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Warrior
Job access by car holds Warrior’s grade up (ahead of 71% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Warrior could be anywhere from D to B+.
The towns that employ Warrior’s residents
Where Warrior clocks in
30% 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.
The 762 jobs based in Warrior
762 jobs are based in Warrior.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warrior, 2013 → 2023: 685 → 762. 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 Warrior’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Warrior
On a workday 1,164 residents head out to work, 76 work right here, and 686 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Warrior on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.61 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.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Warrior
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warrior workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,003 commuters (the 8% 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 Warrior commutes less than 21 miles
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.
Getting around Warrior: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 1.7% across Alabama, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,093 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). 7.6% of Warrior households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Warrior’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Warrior is 3,522nd among 4,593 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Indian Springs Village AL | 2,553 | $137K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 112 | Eagle Point AL | 3,110 | $152K | 3.2% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 176 | Priceville AL | 3,952 | $117K | 2.2% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,520 | Flora Township IL | 3,011 | $54K | 15.6% | 8.3% | 4% | C− |
| 3,521 | Coe Township MI | 3,084 | $60K | 10.8% | 8.0% | 8% | C− |
| 3,522 | Warrior AL | 3,320 | $58K | 18.3% | 7.5% | 6% | C− |
| 3,523 | Kulpmont PA | 2,688 | $50K | 10.7% | 5.5% | 5% | C− |
| 3,524 | Benton City WA | 4,019 | $64K | 11.3% | 7.6% | 6% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Warrior, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
Warrior and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Warrior’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 Warrior: questions
What is the median household income in Warrior?
$57,557 (±$23,356) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warrior?
18.3%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warrior?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warrior work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Birmingham (30%, 20 mi), Homewood (5%, 25 mi), Hoover (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warrior walkable?
Warrior is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warrior without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warrior, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warrior
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.