Work & commute · Valley Grande

Work & commute in Valley Grande, AL

Most working residents leave Valley Grande for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Selma (30%), Montgomery (7%) and Prattville (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

58 of 1,569 working residents

Typical commute

13 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 1,511 Valley Grande residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 269 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valley Grande.

1,511live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

269work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valley Grande goes to work

Selma4.8 mi away

30%473

Montgomery45.7 mi away

7%104

Valley Grande (in town)right here

4%58

Prattville34.1 mi away

3%48

Birmingham73.2 mi away

3%45

Tuscaloosa59.1 mi away

2%39

Hoover62.7 mi away

2%30

Maplesville22.4 mi away

2%24

Clanton34.5 mi away

1%21

Huntsville154.1 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%710

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

How far

How far Valley Grande commutes

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

45%

18%

28%

45%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valley Grande is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Valley Grande are

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

Jobs based in Valley Grande

327 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Valley Grande residents hold

1,569 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−46%

Jobs based in Valley Grande, 2013 → 2023: 607 → 327. 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.