Work & commute · Phenix

Work & commute in Phenix, AL

Most working residents leave Phenix for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (36%), Opelika (5%) and Montgomery (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

2,088 of 12,571 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,483 Phenix residents head out of town to work, 2,088 work right here, and 7,302 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Phenix.

10,483live here, work elsewhere

2,088live and work here

7,302work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Phenix goes to work

Columbus, GA10 mi away

36%4,467

Phenix City (in town)right here

17%2,088

Opelika24.8 mi away

5%583

Montgomery72.5 mi away

4%547

Auburn28.8 mi away

3%405

Dothan87.1 mi away

1%169

West Point, GA31.4 mi away

1%165

Cusseta-Chattahoochee County unified government, GA16 mi away

1%144

Birmingham126.4 mi away

1%142

LaGrange, GA39.6 mi away

1%118

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%3,743

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

How far

How far Phenix commutes

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

50%

16%

26%

50%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Phenix is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Phenix are

9,390 jobs are based in Phenix. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Phenix’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Phenix

9,390 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Phenix residents hold

12,571 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+7%

Jobs based in Phenix, 2013 → 2023: 8,803 → 9,390. 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.