98% of Stewartville’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave Stewartville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Sylacauga (14%), Birmingham (5%) and Alexander City (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.
The short version on getting to work from Stewartville
Stewartville is a place people come home to
There are 68 jobs based in Stewartville, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stewartville has about 1,100 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Stewartville works from home
25% of Stewartville workers work from home, against 9% across Alabama. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 617 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Stewartville quiets down on a workday
On a workday 607 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 58 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Stewartville on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.11 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 25 minutes each way, about the AL average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stewartville workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
14% of working residents work in Sylacauga
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Stewartville clocks in
14% of workers
5% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Stewartville commutes less than 31 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Stewartville makes things: 40% of its jobs are in goods
68 jobs are based in Stewartville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stewartville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stewartville, 2013 → 2023: 161 → 68. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Stewartville and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Stewartville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Stewartville
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stewartville, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.