Work & commute · Coosada

Work & commute in Coosada, AL

Most working residents leave Coosada for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Montgomery (42%), Prattville (8%) and Wetumpka (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 521 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 512 Coosada residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 181 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coosada.

512live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

181work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coosada goes to work

Montgomery10.7 mi away

42%221

Prattville7.8 mi away

8%42

Wetumpka7.8 mi away

5%28

Millbrook2.8 mi away

3%18

Hoover66.9 mi away

2%12

Birmingham76.3 mi away

2%10

Coosada (in town)right here

2%9

Huntsville153.5 mi away

2%8

Tuscaloosa86.4 mi away

2%8

Homewood72.2 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%158

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

How far

How far Coosada commutes

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

40%

31%

24%

40%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coosada is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coosada are

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

Jobs based in Coosada

190 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Coosada residents hold

521 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+252%

Jobs based in Coosada, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 190. 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.