Work & commute · Elba

Work & commute in Elba, AL

Most working residents leave Elba for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Enterprise (13%), Dothan (6%) and Troy (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

201 of 1,156 working residents

Typical commute

20 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 955 Elba residents head out of town to work, 201 work right here, and 999 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elba.

955live here, work elsewhere

201live and work here

999work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elba goes to work

Elba (in town)right here

17%201

Enterprise15 mi away

13%146

Dothan41.5 mi away

6%66

Troy27.4 mi away

4%42

Opp14.1 mi away

3%35

Andalusia24.8 mi away

3%29

Montgomery65.3 mi away

2%28

Birmingham151.7 mi away

2%18

Ozark25.6 mi away

1%17

New Brockton9.7 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%560

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

How far

How far Elba commutes

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

22%

38%

17%

23%

22%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elba is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Elba are

1,200 jobs are based in Elba. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Elba’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Elba

1,200 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Elba residents hold

1,156 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

−23%

Jobs based in Elba, 2013 → 2023: 1,568 → 1,200. 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.