Work & commute · Gilbertown

Work & commute in Gilbertown, AL

Most working residents leave Gilbertown for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Butler (12%), Montgomery (4%) and Waynesboro (3%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 225 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 204 Gilbertown residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 305 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gilbertown.

204live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

305work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gilbertown goes to work

Butler16.9 mi away

12%28

Gilbertown (in town)right here

9%21

Montgomery124 mi away

4%10

Waynesboro, MS23.2 mi away

3%7

Toxey3.1 mi away

2%5

Livingston50.9 mi away

2%5

Mobile83.6 mi away

2%5

Brent99.7 mi away

2%4

Daphne89.5 mi away

2%4

Auburn172.4 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

59%132

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

How far

How far Gilbertown commutes

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

16%

23%

19%

42%

16%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gilbertown is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gilbertown are

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

Jobs based in Gilbertown

326 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Gilbertown residents hold

225 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+52%

Jobs based in Gilbertown, 2013 → 2023: 215 → 326. 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.