Work & commute · Chatom

Work & commute in Chatom, AL

Most working residents leave Chatom for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Mobile (9%), Jackson (5%) and Leroy (2%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

59 of 398 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 339 Chatom residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 770 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chatom.

339live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

770work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chatom goes to work

Chatom (in town)right here

15%59

Mobile55.9 mi away

9%36

Jackson21.4 mi away

5%18

Leroy16.2 mi away

2%8

Montgomery131 mi away

2%7

Fruitdale12.8 mi away

2%7

McIntosh19.1 mi away

2%6

Meridian, MS68.4 mi away

2%6

Grove Hill32 mi away

1%5

Millry11.6 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

61%241

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

How far

How far Chatom commutes

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

17%

23%

20%

41%

17%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

41%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chatom is a job hub

2.08jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chatom are

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

Jobs based in Chatom

829 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Chatom residents hold

398 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−10%

Jobs based in Chatom, 2013 → 2023: 918 → 829. 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.