Work & commute · Reeltown

Work & commute in Reeltown, AL

Most working residents leave Reeltown for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tallassee (19%), Montgomery (15%) and Auburn (8%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 296 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 294 Reeltown residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Reeltown.

294live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

66work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Reeltown goes to work

Tallassee5.1 mi away

19%56

Montgomery30.4 mi away

15%45

Auburn19.3 mi away

8%23

Opelika26.3 mi away

5%14

Tuskegee13.4 mi away

3%8

Dadeville17.6 mi away

2%7

Birmingham86.8 mi away

2%7

Alexander City24.7 mi away

2%6

Homewood83.8 mi away

2%5

Bessemer86.6 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%120

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

How far

How far Reeltown commutes

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

24%

22%

26%

28%

24%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Reeltown is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Reeltown are

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

Jobs based in Reeltown

68 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Reeltown residents hold

296 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−30%

Jobs based in Reeltown, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 68. 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.