Work & commute · Talladega

Work & commute in Talladega, AL

About one in 5 of Talladega’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (6%), Anniston (4%) and Pell City (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

1,164 of 5,187 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 4,023 Talladega residents head out of town to work, 1,164 work right here, and 4,730 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Talladega.

4,023live here, work elsewhere

1,164live and work here

4,730work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Talladega goes to work

Talladega (in town)right here

22%1,164

Birmingham40.7 mi away

6%331

Anniston23.6 mi away

4%230

Pell City13 mi away

4%228

Lincoln10.4 mi away

4%198

Oxford17.5 mi away

3%145

Montgomery75.5 mi away

2%99

Hoover41.1 mi away

1%77

Ashland19 mi away

1%69

Sylacauga19.6 mi away

1%68

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,578

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

How far

How far Talladega commutes

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

27%

21%

25%

27%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Talladega is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Talladega are

5,894 jobs are based in Talladega. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Talladega’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Talladega

5,894 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Talladega residents hold

5,187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−21%

Jobs based in Talladega, 2013 → 2023: 7,497 → 5,894. 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.