Work & commute · Gadsden

Work & commute in Gadsden, AL

40% of Gadsden’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (5%), Rainbow City (5%) and Attalla (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40%

4,781 of 11,846 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 7,065 Gadsden residents head out of town to work, 4,781 work right here, and 15,678 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gadsden.

7,065live here, work elsewhere

4,781live and work here

15,678work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gadsden goes to work

Gadsden (in town)right here

40%4,781

Birmingham55.8 mi away

5%547

Rainbow City6.6 mi away

5%540

Attalla6.2 mi away

3%309

Albertville20.9 mi away

3%302

Anniston25.9 mi away

2%292

Huntsville60.8 mi away

2%284

Montgomery115.5 mi away

2%183

Oxford29.6 mi away

1%177

Hoover63.1 mi away

1%157

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%4,274

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

How far

How far Gadsden commutes

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

52%

10%

12%

26%

52%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gadsden is a job hub

1.73jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gadsden are

20,459 jobs are based in Gadsden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gadsden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gadsden

20,459 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Gadsden residents hold

11,846 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−10%

Jobs based in Gadsden, 2013 → 2023: 22,764 → 20,459. 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.