Work & commute · Lanett

Work & commute in Lanett, AL

Most working residents leave Lanett for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are West Point (12%), LaGrange (11%) and Opelika (11%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

170 of 2,527 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 2,357 Lanett residents head out of town to work, 170 work right here, and 972 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lanett.

2,357live here, work elsewhere

170live and work here

972work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lanett goes to work

West Point, GA4.7 mi away

12%305

LaGrange, GA15.2 mi away

11%288

Opelika16.9 mi away

11%272

Lanett (in town)right here

7%170

Valley3.8 mi away

5%138

Auburn23.9 mi away

5%117

Montgomery71 mi away

4%112

Huguley2.1 mi away

3%78

Huntsville152.5 mi away

2%51

La Fayette11.5 mi away

2%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%948

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

How far

How far Lanett commutes

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

34%

31%

28%

34%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lanett 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 Lanett are

1,142 jobs are based in Lanett. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lanett’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lanett

1,142 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Lanett residents hold

2,527 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+6%

Jobs based in Lanett, 2013 → 2023: 1,076 → 1,142. 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.