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Work & commute · Carrollton

Work & commute in Carrollton, AL

Most working residents leave Carrollton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Tuscaloosa (16%), Aliceville (9%) and Reform (4%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
16 of 299 working residents
Typical commute
32 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
36 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 283 Carrollton residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 335 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carrollton.

283live here, work elsewhere
16live and work here
335work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Carrollton goes to work

MemphisCarrolltonGordoAlicevilleReformBrookwoodFayetteNorthportHuntsvilleTuscaloosaMobileMontgomeryColumbusTuscaloosaAlicevilleReformNorthportColumbusFayetteHuntsvilleGordoBrookwoodCarrollton
1
Tuscaloosa32.8 mi away
16%49
2
Aliceville10.2 mi away
9%27
3
Carrollton (in town)right here
5%16
4
Reform9.2 mi away
4%11
5
Northport28.8 mi away
4%11
6
Columbus, MS24.8 mi away
4%11
7
Fayette33.5 mi away
2%7
8
Huntsville128.2 mi away
2%7
9
Gordo11.8 mi away
2%6
10
Brookwood44.1 mi away
2%6
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%148

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

How far

How far Carrollton commutes

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

16%Under 10 mi
14%10–24 mi
38%25–50 mi
32%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Carrollton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Carrollton are

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

Jobs based in Carrollton

351 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)5%
Trade, transport & utilities13%
Services (health, schools, offices…)82%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%
Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Carrollton residents hold

299 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)34%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)51%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month51%
+3%

Jobs based in Carrollton, 2013 → 2023: 342 → 351. 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.

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