Work & commute · Emerald Mountain

Work & commute in Emerald Mountain, AL

Most working residents leave Emerald Mountain for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Montgomery (55%), Wetumpka (7%) and Prattville (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 1,342 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 1,335 Emerald Mountain residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 86 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Emerald Mountain.

1,335live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

86work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Emerald Mountain goes to work

Montgomery12.2 mi away

55%739

Wetumpka9.2 mi away

7%97

Prattville20.7 mi away

3%34

Birmingham85 mi away

2%31

Tallassee13.2 mi away

2%26

Millbrook16.7 mi away

2%25

Auburn36.8 mi away

2%21

Homewood81.2 mi away

1%15

Huntsville159 mi away

1%15

Hoover76.3 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%324

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

How far

How far Emerald Mountain commutes

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

31%

44%

20%

31%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Emerald Mountain is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Emerald Mountain are

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

Jobs based in Emerald Mountain

93 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Emerald Mountain residents hold

1,342 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+41%

Jobs based in Emerald Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 93. 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.

Work & commute in Emerald Mountain, AL

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

Where Emerald Mountain goes to work

How far Emerald Mountain commutes

Emerald Mountain is a commuter town

What the jobs in Emerald Mountain are

Jobs based in Emerald Mountain

Jobs Emerald Mountain residents hold

How to read this page

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