Work & commute · Auburn

Work & commute in Auburn, AL

44% of Auburn’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Opelika (18%), Montgomery (5%) and Columbus (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

10,917 of 24,823 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,906 Auburn residents head out of town to work, 10,917 work right here, and 19,445 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Auburn.

13,906live here, work elsewhere

10,917live and work here

19,445work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Auburn goes to work

Auburn (in town)right here

44%10,917

Opelika7.5 mi away

18%4,515

Montgomery48.7 mi away

5%1,235

Columbus, GA36.5 mi away

2%609

Tuskegee17.1 mi away

1%356

Birmingham98.8 mi away

1%316

Phenix City28.8 mi away

1%228

Mobile204.1 mi away

1%210

Dothan95 mi away

1%209

West Point, GA28.6 mi away

1%201

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%6,027

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

How far

How far Auburn commutes

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

62%

11%

19%

62%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Auburn is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Auburn are

30,362 jobs are based in Auburn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Auburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Auburn

30,362 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Auburn residents hold

24,823 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+22%

Jobs based in Auburn, 2013 → 2023: 24,867 → 30,362. 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.