Work means Dothan for more than half of Webb’s working residents
Household incomes here are lower than in 81% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Webb C+; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 2% stay in Webb for work; outside it, Dothan is the main destination (54%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Webb, in a few figures
More than half of Webb works in Dothan
242 working residents, 54%, have their main job in Dothan, 7.1 miles away across the town line. That’s 27 times as many as work in Webb itself. The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Webb’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 33 minutes, longer than the Alabama average of 26. Time on the road ↓
The jobs in Webb pay better than its residents’ jobs
69% of the jobs based in Webb pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 48% of the jobs Webb residents hold. 97% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Webb. 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; with 449 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Webb’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Webb is better than 40% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Webb’s grade up (7.9%, U.S. 12.5%); household income pulls it down ($54,792, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (4.8%) is left out: Webb’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Webb could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Commuting out of Webb: the destinations
Where Webb clocks in
54% 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 33 minutes from Webb
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Webb workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 638 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.
In Webb, 44% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
369 jobs are based in Webb.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Webb, 2013 → 2023: 392 → 369. 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 Webb’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Webb for work, and who comes in
On a workday 438 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 358 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
How far it is to work from Webb
About 21% 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 Webb, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Webb is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Webb 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 654 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). 1.1% of Webb households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Webb’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Webb ranks: 2,462nd of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Shoal Creek AL | 1,328 | $218K | 0.0% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 303 | Rock Creek AL | 1,103 | $84K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 330 | Blue Ridge AL | 1,190 | $128K | 6.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,460 | Guthrie Township IN | 1,316 | $60K | 2.6% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,461 | Batavia Township MI | 1,332 | $61K | 5.8% | 2.6% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,462 | Webb AL | 1,340 | $55K | 7.9% | 4.8% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,463 | Kibler AR | 1,029 | $59K | 9.5% | 3.6% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,464 | Ridgway CO | 1,324 | $84K | 7.2% | 8.5% | 26% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Webb, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
55% of Webb works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Dothan. Darker towns draw more of Webb’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 Webb: questions
What is the median household income in Webb?
$54,792 (±$23,127) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Webb?
7.9%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Webb?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Webb work?
2% work in town.
Is Webb walkable?
Webb is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Webb without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Webb, from the people who make the trip.
More of Webb
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.