Work & commute · McKenzie

Work & commute in McKenzie, AL

Most working residents leave McKenzie for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (13%), Montgomery (10%) and Andalusia (5%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 187 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 179 McKenzie residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 27 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McKenzie.

179live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

27work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McKenzie goes to work

Greenville21.2 mi away

13%25

Montgomery61.6 mi away

10%19

Andalusia21.9 mi away

5%10

McKenzie (in town)right here

4%8

Prattville64.4 mi away

4%7

Clanton90 mi away

3%5

Georgiana6.5 mi away

2%4

Dothan80.7 mi away

2%4

Opp33 mi away

2%3

Tuscaloosa125.7 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%99

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

How far

How far McKenzie commutes

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

12%

36%

46%

12%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McKenzie is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in McKenzie are

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

Jobs based in McKenzie

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs McKenzie residents hold

187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−58%

Jobs based in McKenzie, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 35. 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.