Work & commute · La Fayette

Work & commute in La Fayette, AL

Most working residents leave La Fayette for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Opelika (16%), Auburn (10%) and West Point (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

114 of 1,016 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 902 La Fayette residents head out of town to work, 114 work right here, and 823 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in La Fayette.

902live here, work elsewhere

114live and work here

823work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where La Fayette goes to work

Opelika16.5 mi away

16%164

La Fayette (in town)right here

11%114

Auburn20.9 mi away

10%104

West Point, GA15 mi away

5%54

Montgomery63.2 mi away

5%52

LaGrange, GA22.8 mi away

4%43

Valley14.2 mi away

3%26

Birmingham91.6 mi away

2%24

Huguley10.1 mi away

2%20

Huntsville144.2 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%399

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

How far

How far La Fayette commutes

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

14%

49%

32%

14%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

La Fayette is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in La Fayette are

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

Jobs based in La Fayette

937 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs La Fayette residents hold

1,016 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−26%

Jobs based in La Fayette, 2013 → 2023: 1,269 → 937. 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.