Work & commute · Centre

Work & commute in Centre, AL

About one in 4 of Centre’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Gadsden (7%), Leesburg (5%) and Rome (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

294 of 1,276 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 982 Centre residents head out of town to work, 294 work right here, and 2,632 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Centre.

982live here, work elsewhere

294live and work here

2,632work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Centre goes to work

Centre (in town)right here

23%294

Gadsden22.2 mi away

7%85

Leesburg6.3 mi away

5%63

Rome, GA28.8 mi away

5%60

Fort Payne21 mi away

4%48

Birmingham77.7 mi away

2%29

Montgomery129.3 mi away

2%28

Piedmont15.9 mi away

2%27

Anniston34.1 mi away

2%27

Cedar Bluff6.7 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%598

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

How far

How far Centre commutes

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

35%

18%

29%

35%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Centre is a job hub

2.29jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Centre are

2,926 jobs are based in Centre. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Centre’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Centre

2,926 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Centre residents hold

1,276 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+2%

Jobs based in Centre, 2013 → 2023: 2,873 → 2,926. 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.