Work & commute · Grimes

Work & commute in Grimes, AL

Most working residents leave Grimes for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Dothan (51%), Abbeville (3%) and Ozark (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 211 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 211 Grimes residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grimes.

211live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

95work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grimes goes to work

Dothan5.2 mi away

51%107

Abbeville21.5 mi away

3%6

Ozark15.6 mi away

2%5

Troy46.1 mi away

2%4

Midland City2.8 mi away

1%3

Newton8.6 mi away

1%3

Enterprise23.4 mi away

1%3

Montgomery86.9 mi away

1%3

Ashford14.9 mi away

1%2

Union Springs60.1 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%73

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

How far

How far Grimes commutes

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

56%

19%

18%

56%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grimes is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grimes are

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

Jobs based in Grimes

95 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Grimes residents hold

211 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+313%

Jobs based in Grimes, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 95. 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.