Work & commute · Elmore

Work & commute in Elmore, AL

Most working residents leave Elmore for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Montgomery (44%), Prattville (8%) and Wetumpka (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 487 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 482 Elmore residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Elmore.

482live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

108work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Elmore goes to work

Montgomery15.1 mi away

44%214

Prattville9.8 mi away

8%40

Wetumpka8 mi away

5%25

Millbrook4.3 mi away

5%22

Birmingham72 mi away

3%15

Hoover62.7 mi away

2%8

Homewood67.9 mi away

1%7

Elmore (in town)right here

1%5

Clanton25.6 mi away

1%5

Opelika56.5 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%141

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

How far

How far Elmore commutes

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

22%

50%

25%

22%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Elmore is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Elmore are

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

Jobs based in Elmore

113 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Elmore residents hold

487 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−53%

Jobs based in Elmore, 2013 → 2023: 243 → 113. 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.