Weaver has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Jobs and income earn Weaver C; getting around on foot earns it D−. Weaver has 81 jobs, against 1,212 working residents. Measured by household income, Weaver is behind 88% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Weaver and work: the main findings
Weaver is a place people come home to
There are 81 jobs based in Weaver, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Weaver has about 2,200 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
28% of Weaver works in Anniston
345 working residents, 28%, have their main job in Anniston, 5.9 miles away across the town line. That’s 14 times as many as work in Weaver itself. The commute map ↓
Few Weaver workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 9% across Alabama. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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.
Jobs & income in Weaver: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Weaver is better than 33% of U.S. towns, #100 of 187 in Alabama. Unemployment holds Weaver’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($49,435, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Weaver could be anywhere from D to B+.
Who commutes out of Weaver, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,190 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Weaver on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
28% of working residents work in Anniston
Where Weaver clocks in
28% of workers
11% 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.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Weaver
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Weaver workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,172 commuters (the 2% 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.
What Weaver’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Weaver, 2013 → 2023: 71 → 81. 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 Weaver’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Weaver commutes less than 11 miles
About 23% 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.
In Weaver, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Weaver is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns, #186 of 187 in Alabama. Both inputs place Weaver 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 1,195 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.2% of Weaver households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Weaver’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400, Weaver ranks 3,007th of 4,453 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Indian Springs Village AL | 2,553 | $137K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 106 | Eagle Point AL | 3,110 | $152K | 3.2% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 166 | Priceville AL | 3,952 | $117K | 2.2% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,005 | Grover Township IL | 3,515 | $42K | 10.3% | 2.1% | 14% | C |
| 3,006 | Charlotte Harbor FL | 4,239 | $40K | 20.5% | 2.1% | 6% | C |
| 3,007 | Weaver AL | 3,289 | $49K | 15.7% | 2.6% | 2% | C |
| 3,008 | Spirit Lake ID | 2,485 | $65K | 6.7% | 3.7% | 4% | C |
| 3,009 | New Hampton IA | 3,420 | $63K | 17.3% | 2.8% | 39% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | 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 Weaver, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
28% of Weaver works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Anniston. Darker towns draw more of Weaver’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 Weaver: questions
What is the median household income in Weaver?
$49,435 (±$26,839) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Weaver?
15.7%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Weaver?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Weaver work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Anniston (28%, 6 mi), Oxford (11%, 12 mi), Jacksonville (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Weaver walkable?
Weaver is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Weaver without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Weaver, from the people who make the trip.
More of Weaver
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.