Households in Malone earn less than those in 93% of U.S. towns
Only 3% work in Malone; the top destination outside it is Marianna (29%, 12 miles). 16.8% of residents live below the poverty line, against 12.6% across Florida. The two grades for Malone are D− for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Malone, in a few figures
Malone is a place people come home to
There are 67 jobs based in Malone, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Malone has about 1,400 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
37% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
29% of Malone works in Marianna
153 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Marianna, 12 miles away. That’s 10 times as many as work in Malone itself. The commute map ↓
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 528 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Malone earns its Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Malone’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Malone’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, Malone could be anywhere from D− to C.
How many people are in Malone by day
On a workday 514 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 53 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Malone on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.13 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.
How far Malone goes to work
About 37% 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.
The towns that employ Malone’s residents
Where Malone clocks in
29% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
What Malone’s employers do
67 jobs are based in Malone.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Malone, 2013 → 2023: 129 → 67. 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 Malone’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Malone: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Malone workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 260 commuters (the 13% 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.
Few in Malone walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 298 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). 2.2% of Malone households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Malone’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Malone compares with U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Atlantis FL | 2,140 | $117K | 3.6% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 128 | Old Miakka FL | 1,818 | $137K | 2.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Lake Mary Jane FL | 1,792 | $146K | 0.0% | 3.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,312 | Memphis TX | 1,969 | $48K | 17.3% | 10.3% | 23% | D− |
| 5,313 | Woodville TX | 2,339 | $46K | 18.9% | 10.8% | 28% | D− |
| 5,314 | Malone FL | 1,865 | $45K | 16.8% | 4.1% | 3% | D− |
| 5,315 | Scottville MI | 1,348 | $52K | 27.5% | 4.5% | 5% | D− |
| 5,316 | Campbell MO | 1,489 | $50K | 30.7% | 8.4% | 10% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Malone, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
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 Malone: questions
What is the median household income in Malone?
$45,000 (±$22,215) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Malone?
16.8%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Malone?
31 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Malone work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Marianna (29%, 12 mi), Dothan (5%, 24 mi), Pensacola (3%, 126 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Malone walkable?
Malone is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Malone without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Malone, from the people who make the trip.
More of Malone
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.