Work & commute · Ariton

Work & commute in Ariton, AL

Most working residents leave Ariton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Ozark (21%), Dothan (19%) and Enterprise (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 236 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 226 Ariton residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 304 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ariton.

226live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

304work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ariton goes to work

Ozark10.9 mi away

21%50

Dothan31 mi away

19%45

Enterprise20.4 mi away

5%11

Ariton (in town)right here

4%10

Montgomery61.2 mi away

4%10

Bakerhill27.5 mi away

2%5

Abbeville26.8 mi away

2%4

Auburn70.9 mi away

2%4

Brundidge10.3 mi away

1%3

Daleville21.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%91

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

How far

How far Ariton commutes

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

13%

36%

28%

23%

13%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ariton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ariton are

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

Jobs based in Ariton

314 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Ariton residents hold

236 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+90%

Jobs based in Ariton, 2013 → 2023: 165 → 314. 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.