Work & commute · Southside

Work & commute in Southside, AL

Most working residents leave Southside for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Gadsden (29%), Rainbow City (7%) and Anniston (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

181 of 3,365 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 3,184 Southside residents head out of town to work, 181 work right here, and 741 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southside.

3,184live here, work elsewhere

181live and work here

741work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southside goes to work

Gadsden8 mi away

29%980

Rainbow City4.6 mi away

7%227

Southside (in town)right here

5%181

Anniston19.2 mi away

5%170

Birmingham51.3 mi away

4%131

Attalla8.8 mi away

4%123

Albertville28 mi away

2%78

Oxford22.1 mi away

2%68

Huntsville67.2 mi away

2%63

Jacksonville16.1 mi away

2%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%1,292

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

How far

How far Southside commutes

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

46%

21%

11%

22%

46%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southside is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Southside are

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

Jobs based in Southside

922 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Southside residents hold

3,365 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+28%

Jobs based in Southside, 2013 → 2023: 718 → 922. 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.