Work & commute · Penton

Work & commute in Penton, AL

Most working residents leave Penton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Roanoke (10%), LaGrange (10%) and Opelika (9%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 67 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

— 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 66 Penton residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Penton.

66live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

17work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Penton goes to work

Roanoke11.2 mi away

10%7

LaGrange, GA25.3 mi away

10%7

Opelika24.8 mi away

9%6

West Point, GA20.8 mi away

7%5

La Fayette8.8 mi away

6%4

Ashland27.5 mi away

4%3

Auburn27.8 mi away

4%3

Wadley9.5 mi away

3%2

Valley22 mi away

3%2

Dadeville21.6 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%26

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

How far

How far Penton commutes

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

14%

41%

30%

15%

14%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Penton is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Penton are

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

Jobs based in Penton

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)100%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less0%

$1,251–$3,333 a month50%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Penton residents hold

67 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+6%

Jobs based in Penton, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 18. 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.