Work & commute · Prattville

Work & commute in Prattville, AL

Most working residents leave Prattville for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Montgomery (42%), Birmingham (3%) and Millbrook (2%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

2,690 of 14,379 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 11,689 Prattville residents head out of town to work, 2,690 work right here, and 9,530 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Prattville.

11,689live here, work elsewhere

2,690live and work here

9,530work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Prattville goes to work

Montgomery12.7 mi away

42%5,986

Prattville (in town)right here

19%2,690

Birmingham77.2 mi away

3%389

Millbrook5.7 mi away

2%326

Wetumpka15.6 mi away

2%225

Hoover67.3 mi away

1%184

Huntsville155.9 mi away

1%182

Opelika64 mi away

1%143

Homewood72.8 mi away

1%142

Auburn56.9 mi away

1%141

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%3,971

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

How far

How far Prattville commutes

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

31%

40%

24%

31%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Prattville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Prattville are

12,220 jobs are based in Prattville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Prattville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Prattville

12,220 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Prattville residents hold

14,379 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+20%

Jobs based in Prattville, 2013 → 2023: 10,210 → 12,220. 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.