Work & commute · Ider

Work & commute in Ider, AL

Most working residents leave Ider for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Payne (12%), Trenton (10%) and Chattanooga (9%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 249 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 242 Ider residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 242 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ider.

242live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

242work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ider goes to work

Fort Payne17 mi away

12%31

Trenton, GA14.9 mi away

10%24

Chattanooga, TN34.6 mi away

9%22

Rainsville17.3 mi away

6%16

Huntsville57.2 mi away

4%10

Scottsboro21.9 mi away

3%8

Ider (in town)right here

3%7

Birmingham103.7 mi away

2%6

Henagar6.1 mi away

2%5

Stevenson14.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%117

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

How far

How far Ider commutes

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

12%

45%

18%

25%

12%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ider is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ider are

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

Jobs based in Ider

249 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Ider residents hold

249 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+37%

Jobs based in Ider, 2013 → 2023: 182 → 249. 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.