Work & commute · Sardis

Work & commute in Sardis, AL

Most working residents leave Sardis for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Albertville (18%), Boaz (14%) and Gadsden (11%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24 of 640 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 616 Sardis residents head out of town to work, 24 work right here, and 372 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sardis.

616live here, work elsewhere

24live and work here

372work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sardis goes to work

Albertville8.2 mi away

18%112

Boaz2.7 mi away

14%88

Gadsden12.9 mi away

11%69

Guntersville15.5 mi away

5%33

Sardis City (in town)right here

4%24

Huntsville48.2 mi away

3%22

Birmingham59.2 mi away

3%21

Attalla12.9 mi away

2%13

Cullman41.2 mi away

2%13

Rainbow City17 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%234

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

How far

How far Sardis commutes

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

37%

30%

13%

20%

37%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sardis is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sardis are

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

Jobs based in Sardis

396 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Sardis residents hold

640 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+30%

Jobs based in Sardis, 2013 → 2023: 305 → 396. 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.