Work & commute · Thomasville

Work & commute in Thomasville, AL

About one in 4 of Thomasville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Mobile (7%), Grove Hill (4%) and Jackson (2%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

382 of 1,508 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,126 Thomasville residents head out of town to work, 382 work right here, and 1,939 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thomasville.

1,126live here, work elsewhere

382live and work here

1,939work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thomasville goes to work

Thomasville (in town)right here

25%382

Mobile88.9 mi away

7%101

Grove Hill15.1 mi away

4%66

Jackson27.9 mi away

2%36

Montgomery91.1 mi away

2%34

Yellow Bluff15.6 mi away

2%29

Camden26.9 mi away

2%29

Prattville83.9 mi away

1%18

Monroeville36.6 mi away

1%17

Demopolis40.8 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%781

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

How far

How far Thomasville commutes

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

31%

13%

14%

42%

31%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thomasville is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Thomasville are

2,321 jobs are based in Thomasville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Thomasville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Thomasville

2,321 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Thomasville residents hold

1,508 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+3%

Jobs based in Thomasville, 2013 → 2023: 2,260 → 2,321. 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.