Work & commute · Lookout Mountain

Work & commute in Lookout Mountain, AL

Most working residents leave Lookout Mountain for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Gadsden (32%), Attalla (4%) and Rainbow City (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 521 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 514 Lookout Mountain residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lookout Mountain.

514live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

98work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lookout Mountain goes to work

Gadsden8.1 mi away

32%167

Attalla12.6 mi away

4%20

Rainbow City14.6 mi away

4%20

Birmingham62.7 mi away

4%19

Huntsville57.1 mi away

3%17

Centre17 mi away

3%16

Albertville17.3 mi away

3%16

Anniston31.8 mi away

2%13

Collinsville11.8 mi away

2%11

Boaz12.2 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%213

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

How far

How far Lookout Mountain commutes

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

35%

28%

11%

26%

35%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lookout Mountain is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lookout Mountain are

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

Jobs based in Lookout Mountain

105 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Lookout Mountain residents hold

521 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−14%

Jobs based in Lookout Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 122 → 105. 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.