Alford has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Alford; the top destination outside it is Marianna (26%, 12 miles). There are 20 jobs in Alford for 199 working residents. 1% of workers have no commute at all (Florida 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Alford on a workday
On a workday 199 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Alford 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.
Where Alford goes to work
Where Alford clocks in
26% of workers
4% 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 Alford
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alford, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 20. 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 Alford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Alford spends getting to work: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alford workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 159 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 83% 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 Alford
About 27% 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 Alford: questions
What is the median household income in Alford?
$49,157 (±$2,301) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alford?
23.4%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alford?
26 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alford work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marianna (26%, 12 mi), Panama City (8%, 33 mi), Chipley (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Alford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alford
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.