Work & commute · Luverne

Work & commute in Luverne, AL

About one in 5 of Luverne’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Montgomery (11%), Troy (10%) and Dothan (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

263 of 1,189 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 926 Luverne residents head out of town to work, 263 work right here, and 1,375 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Luverne.

926live here, work elsewhere

263live and work here

1,375work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Luverne goes to work

Luverne (in town)right here

22%263

Montgomery43.5 mi away

11%126

Troy18.6 mi away

10%113

Dothan60.9 mi away

3%38

Greenville23.2 mi away

3%33

Brantley9.5 mi away

2%20

Opelika83.3 mi away

1%16

Andalusia30.9 mi away

1%13

Columbus, GA98.3 mi away

1%12

Rutledge2 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%544

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

How far

How far Luverne commutes

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

29%

27%

20%

23%

29%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Luverne is balanced between jobs and homes

1.38jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Luverne are

1,638 jobs are based in Luverne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Luverne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Luverne

1,638 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Luverne residents hold

1,189 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−31%

Jobs based in Luverne, 2013 → 2023: 2,363 → 1,638. 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.