Work & commute · Coats Bend

Work & commute in Coats Bend, AL

Most working residents leave Coats Bend for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Gadsden (35%), Rainbow City (5%) and Birmingham (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 508 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 508 Coats Bend residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coats Bend.

508live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

3work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coats Bend goes to work

Gadsden9.3 mi away

35%180

Rainbow City15.6 mi away

5%24

Birmingham65 mi away

4%19

Attalla15.3 mi away

3%17

Huntsville62.8 mi away

3%14

Anniston27.9 mi away

3%13

Hoover72.2 mi away

2%11

Leesburg9.1 mi away

2%9

Southside15 mi away

2%9

Oxford33 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%203

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

How far

How far Coats Bend commutes

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

31%

12%

26%

31%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coats Bend is a commuter town

0.01jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.01 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Coats Bend are

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

Jobs based in Coats Bend

3 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Coats Bend residents hold

508 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−92%

Jobs based in Coats Bend, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 3. 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.