Work & commute · Smiths Station

Work & commute in Smiths Station, AL

Most working residents leave Smiths Station for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (33%), Phenix City (13%) and Opelika (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55 of 1,888 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 1,833 Smiths Station residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 738 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smiths Station.

1,833live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

738work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Smiths Station goes to work

Columbus, GA13.2 mi away

33%614

Phenix City6.3 mi away

13%237

Opelika18.8 mi away

9%169

Auburn23.5 mi away

5%97

Montgomery69.2 mi away

4%83

Smiths Station (in town)right here

3%55

Ladonia4.6 mi away

1%26

West Point, GA25.9 mi away

1%24

Birmingham120.3 mi away

1%23

Cusseta-Chattahoochee County unified government, GA21.9 mi away

1%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%540

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

How far

How far Smiths Station commutes

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

23%

52%

21%

23%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Smiths Station is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Smiths Station are

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

Jobs based in Smiths Station

793 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Smiths Station residents hold

1,888 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−31%

Jobs based in Smiths Station, 2013 → 2023: 1,154 → 793. 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.