Work & commute · Tuskegee

Work & commute in Tuskegee, AL

About one in 4 of Tuskegee’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Auburn (13%), Montgomery (12%) and Opelika (6%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

697 of 2,946 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 2,249 Tuskegee residents head out of town to work, 697 work right here, and 2,270 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tuskegee.

2,249live here, work elsewhere

697live and work here

2,270work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tuskegee goes to work

Tuskegee (in town)right here

24%697

Auburn17.1 mi away

13%388

Montgomery34.5 mi away

12%340

Opelika24.3 mi away

6%189

Columbus, GA47.6 mi away

2%64

Dothan83.5 mi away

2%55

Tallassee14.5 mi away

1%44

Mobile187.1 mi away

1%37

Huntsville167.5 mi away

1%33

Birmingham100.2 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,069

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

How far

How far Tuskegee commutes

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

27%

24%

23%

26%

27%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tuskegee is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Tuskegee are

2,967 jobs are based in Tuskegee. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tuskegee’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tuskegee

2,967 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Tuskegee residents hold

2,946 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month40%

−16%

Jobs based in Tuskegee, 2013 → 2023: 3,548 → 2,967. 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.