Work & commute · Eclectic

Work & commute in Eclectic, AL

Most working residents leave Eclectic for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Montgomery (34%), Tallassee (9%) and Wetumpka (9%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 540 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 518 Eclectic residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 491 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eclectic.

518live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

491work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eclectic goes to work

Montgomery24.1 mi away

34%182

Tallassee11.4 mi away

9%48

Wetumpka11.7 mi away

9%46

Eclectic (in town)right here

4%22

Alexander City20 mi away

3%16

Millbrook21.6 mi away

3%14

Birmingham75.3 mi away

3%14

Opelika38.5 mi away

2%13

Prattville27.2 mi away

2%11

Homewood72 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%168

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

How far

How far Eclectic commutes

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

15%

54%

12%

19%

15%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eclectic is balanced between jobs and homes

0.95jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.95 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eclectic are

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

Jobs based in Eclectic

513 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Eclectic residents hold

540 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+43%

Jobs based in Eclectic, 2013 → 2023: 360 → 513. 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.