Work & commute · Cottonwood

Work & commute in Cottonwood, AL

Most working residents leave Cottonwood for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Dothan (46%), Marianna (4%) and Birmingham (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 417 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 412 Cottonwood residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cottonwood.

412live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

116work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cottonwood goes to work

Dothan13.9 mi away

46%192

Marianna, FL18.4 mi away

4%16

Birmingham192 mi away

4%15

Ashford9.8 mi away

3%12

Montgomery106 mi away

3%12

Rehobeth9.5 mi away

2%9

Troy65 mi away

2%9

Enterprise37.4 mi away

2%8

Cottonwood (in town)right here

1%5

Auburn107.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%135

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

How far

How far Cottonwood commutes

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

11%

57%

26%

11%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cottonwood is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cottonwood are

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

Jobs based in Cottonwood

121 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Cottonwood residents hold

417 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−10%

Jobs based in Cottonwood, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 121. 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.