Work & commute · New Site

Work & commute in New Site, AL

Most working residents leave New Site for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Alexander City (23%), Montgomery (6%) and Opelika (5%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 368 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 362 New Site residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Site.

362live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Site goes to work

Alexander City11.8 mi away

23%85

Montgomery54.6 mi away

6%22

Opelika34.5 mi away

5%17

Birmingham68 mi away

4%15

Dadeville13.8 mi away

4%14

Ashland17.1 mi away

3%12

Auburn33.6 mi away

3%10

Goodwater15.7 mi away

2%7

New Site (in town)right here

2%6

Hoover64 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%174

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

How far

How far New Site commutes

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

37%

26%

31%

6%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Site is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Site are

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

Jobs based in New Site

60 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities58%

Services (health, schools, offices…)3%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs New Site residents hold

368 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+122%

Jobs based in New Site, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 60. 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.