Woodlands · Photo: Altairisfar · CC BY-SA 3.0Work and commuting in Whatley
77 jobs are based in Whatley, and 56 of its residents work somewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Alabama has 9%. Only 2% work in Whatley; the top destination outside it is Grove Hill (11%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Whatley by day and by night
On a workday 55 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Whatley on a workday afternoon, 13% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 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.
Where Whatley’s working residents head each day
Where Whatley clocks in
11% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Whatley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whatley, 2013 → 2023: 21 → 77. 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 Whatley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Whatley
of Whatley workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 31 commuters (the 0% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Whatley
About 38% 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 Whatley: questions
What is the median household income in Whatley?
$68,914 (±$6,349) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whatley?
0.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Whatley work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Grove Hill (11%, 5 mi), Jackson (11%, 13 mi), Thomasville (9%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Whatley without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 52% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Whatley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whatley
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.