Work & commute · Ardmore

Work & commute in Ardmore, AL

Most working residents leave Ardmore for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Huntsville (36%), Athens (12%) and Madison (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 583 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 550 Ardmore residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 321 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ardmore.

550live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

321work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ardmore goes to work

Huntsville21.9 mi away

36%211

Athens15.8 mi away

12%69

Ardmore (in town)right here

6%33

Madison19.5 mi away

5%32

Ardmore, TN1.9 mi away

4%21

Decatur30.1 mi away

3%17

Pulaski, TN18.3 mi away

2%11

Hazel Green15.5 mi away

2%9

Fayetteville, TN18.8 mi away

1%8

Tuscaloosa127.6 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%166

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ardmore commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

14%

62%

10%

14%

14%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ardmore is a commuter town

0.61jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.61 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ardmore are

354 jobs are based in Ardmore. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ardmore’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ardmore

354 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Ardmore residents hold

583 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+26%

Jobs based in Ardmore, 2013 → 2023: 281 → 354. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.