Work & commute · Fort Deposit

Work & commute in Fort Deposit, AL

Most working residents leave Fort Deposit for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Montgomery (20%), Greenville (9%) and Hayneville (8%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 375 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 344 Fort Deposit residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 1,206 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Deposit.

344live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

1,206work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Deposit goes to work

Montgomery30.5 mi away

20%76

Greenville10.7 mi away

9%32

Fort Deposit (in town)right here

8%31

Hayneville13.6 mi away

8%29

Mobile128.7 mi away

3%11

Selma40.5 mi away

2%9

Huntsville187.4 mi away

2%7

Prattville32.7 mi away

2%6

Birmingham107.3 mi away

2%6

Ferry Pass, FL107.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%163

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

How far

How far Fort Deposit commutes

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

14%

34%

28%

25%

14%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Deposit is a job hub

3.30jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Deposit are

1,237 jobs are based in Fort Deposit. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Deposit’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Deposit

1,237 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less4%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Fort Deposit residents hold

375 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+174%

Jobs based in Fort Deposit, 2013 → 2023: 451 → 1,237. 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.