Work & commute · Jacksons' Gap

Work & commute in Jacksons' Gap, AL

Most working residents leave Jacksons' Gap for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Alexander City (18%), Auburn (9%) and Dadeville (7%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 302 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 300 Jacksons' Gap residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jacksons' Gap.

300live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

83work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jacksons' Gap goes to work

Alexander City7.5 mi away

18%54

Auburn26.8 mi away

9%28

Dadeville4.5 mi away

7%21

Opelika29.7 mi away

6%17

Montgomery45.1 mi away

5%16

Birmingham72.1 mi away

4%13

Huntsville134.8 mi away

2%5

Tuscaloosa102 mi away

1%4

La Fayette24.3 mi away

1%3

Homewood69.9 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%138

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

How far

How far Jacksons' Gap commutes

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

29%

13%

31%

27%

29%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jacksons' Gap is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jacksons' Gap are

85 jobs are based in Jacksons' Gap. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jacksons' Gap’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jacksons' Gap

85 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Jacksons' Gap residents hold

302 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+113%

Jobs based in Jacksons' Gap, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 85. 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.