Work & commute · Rock Mills

Work & commute in Rock Mills, AL

Most working residents leave Rock Mills for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Roanoke (33%), LaGrange (9%) and Opelika (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 255 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 253 Rock Mills residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rock Mills.

253live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

59work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rock Mills goes to work

Roanoke5.2 mi away

33%83

LaGrange, GA16.8 mi away

9%22

Opelika35 mi away

5%13

Franklin, GA13.4 mi away

2%6

Wedowee15.7 mi away

2%5

Montgomery80.2 mi away

2%5

Ashland32.8 mi away

2%4

Sylacauga57.5 mi away

2%4

Oxford45.4 mi away

2%4

Auburn40.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%105

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

How far

How far Rock Mills commutes

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

36%

22%

16%

26%

36%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rock Mills is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rock Mills are

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

Jobs based in Rock Mills

61 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)74%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)26%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Rock Mills residents hold

255 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+11%

Jobs based in Rock Mills, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 61. 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.