Work & commute · Mentone

Work & commute in Mentone, AL

Most working residents leave Mentone for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Payne (40%), Trenton (5%) and Chattanooga (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 107 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 107 Mentone residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mentone.

107live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mentone goes to work

Fort Payne9.3 mi away

40%43

Trenton, GA22 mi away

5%5

Chattanooga, TN39.8 mi away

5%5

Hammondville2.9 mi away

4%4

Montgomery157.9 mi away

4%4

Valley Head2 mi away

3%3

Rainsville14.8 mi away

3%3

Huntsville62.5 mi away

3%3

Birmingham99.5 mi away

3%3

Scottsboro26.7 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%32

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

How far

How far Mentone commutes

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

26%

40%

14%

21%

26%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mentone is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mentone are

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

Jobs based in Mentone

69 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Mentone residents hold

107 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−1%

Jobs based in Mentone, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 69. 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.