Work & commute · Montgomery

Work & commute in Montgomery, AL

64% of Montgomery’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Prattville (2%), Birmingham (2%) and Huntsville (1%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

64%

44,819 of 70,145 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 25,326 Montgomery residents head out of town to work, 44,819 work right here, and 70,211 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montgomery.

25,326live here, work elsewhere

44,819live and work here

70,211work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montgomery goes to work

Montgomery (in town)right here

64%44,819

Prattville12.7 mi away

2%1,724

Birmingham87 mi away

2%1,633

Huntsville164 mi away

1%952

Hoover77.6 mi away

1%795

Wetumpka13.9 mi away

1%779

Opelika56.1 mi away

1%649

Mobile158.8 mi away

1%649

Auburn48.7 mi away

1%633

Millbrook12.3 mi away

1%484

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%17,028

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

How far

How far Montgomery commutes

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

65%

10%

20%

65%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montgomery is a job hub

1.64jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Montgomery are

115,030 jobs are based in Montgomery. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Montgomery’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Montgomery

115,030 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Montgomery residents hold

70,145 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+1%

Jobs based in Montgomery, 2013 → 2023: 114,187 → 115,030. 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.