Work & commute · Goodwater

Work & commute in Goodwater, AL

Most working residents leave Goodwater for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Alexander City (18%), Montgomery (9%) and Sylacauga (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 381 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 348 Goodwater residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 626 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Goodwater.

348live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

626work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Goodwater goes to work

Alexander City11.9 mi away

18%67

Montgomery50.8 mi away

9%34

Goodwater (in town)right here

9%33

Sylacauga15.6 mi away

4%15

Ashland19.2 mi away

3%13

Birmingham53.7 mi away

3%11

Auburn45.2 mi away

2%9

Mobile204.6 mi away

2%8

Talladega25.8 mi away

2%7

Childersburg23.1 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%179

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

How far

How far Goodwater commutes

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

13%

35%

25%

27%

13%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Goodwater 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 Goodwater are

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

Jobs based in Goodwater

659 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Goodwater residents hold

381 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+20%

Jobs based in Goodwater, 2013 → 2023: 547 → 659. 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.