Work & commute · Ragland

Work & commute in Ragland, AL

Most working residents leave Ragland for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Pell City (15%), Birmingham (12%) and Gadsden (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 725 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 705 Ragland residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 122 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ragland.

705live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

122work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ragland goes to work

Pell City14.9 mi away

15%108

Birmingham41 mi away

12%90

Gadsden19.1 mi away

5%34

Ashville9.8 mi away

4%26

Ragland (in town)right here

3%20

Huntsville72.5 mi away

3%19

Moody22.9 mi away

2%17

Hoover46.6 mi away

2%14

Rainbow City12.8 mi away

2%13

Alabaster54.1 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%371

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

How far

How far Ragland commutes

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

12%

38%

28%

23%

12%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ragland is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ragland are

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

Jobs based in Ragland

142 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Ragland residents hold

725 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−18%

Jobs based in Ragland, 2013 → 2023: 174 → 142. 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.