Work & commute · Attalla

Work & commute in Attalla, AL

Most working residents leave Attalla for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Gadsden (30%), Rainbow City (5%) and Birmingham (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

219 of 2,004 working residents

Typical commute

9 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 1,785 Attalla residents head out of town to work, 219 work right here, and 2,339 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Attalla.

1,785live here, work elsewhere

219live and work here

2,339work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Attalla goes to work

Gadsden6.2 mi away

30%593

Attalla (in town)right here

11%219

Rainbow City4.5 mi away

5%105

Birmingham50.1 mi away

4%76

Albertville19.8 mi away

3%68

Huntsville58.5 mi away

3%63

Boaz14.9 mi away

2%42

Anniston28 mi away

2%37

Steele5.1 mi away

2%34

Oxford30.6 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%735

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

How far

How far Attalla commutes

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

52%

12%

14%

22%

52%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Attalla is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Attalla are

2,558 jobs are based in Attalla. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Attalla’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Attalla

2,558 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Attalla residents hold

2,004 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+5%

Jobs based in Attalla, 2013 → 2023: 2,439 → 2,558. 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.