Work & commute · Shorter

Work & commute in Shorter, AL

Most working residents leave Shorter for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Montgomery (27%), Tuskegee (7%) and Auburn (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 153 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 149 Shorter residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 218 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shorter.

149live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

218work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shorter goes to work

Montgomery17.7 mi away

27%42

Tuskegee16.9 mi away

7%10

Auburn31.2 mi away

6%9

Tallassee9.6 mi away

5%8

Shorter (in town)right here

3%4

Dothan87.9 mi away

3%4

Notasulga20.3 mi away

2%3

Prattville27.9 mi away

2%3

Huntsville163.1 mi away

2%3

Opelika38.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%64

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

How far

How far Shorter commutes

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

18%

39%

20%

23%

18%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shorter is balanced between jobs and homes

1.45jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shorter are

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

Jobs based in Shorter

222 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs Shorter residents hold

153 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+73%

Jobs based in Shorter, 2013 → 2023: 128 → 222. 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.