Work & commute · Valley

Work & commute in Valley, AL

Most working residents leave Valley for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Opelika (15%), West Point (9%) and LaGrange (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

356 of 4,215 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 3,859 Valley residents head out of town to work, 356 work right here, and 1,891 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valley.

3,859live here, work elsewhere

356live and work here

1,891work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valley goes to work

Opelika15.4 mi away

15%626

West Point, GA6.6 mi away

9%384

Valley (in town)right here

8%356

LaGrange, GA17.2 mi away

8%351

Auburn22.8 mi away

8%324

Montgomery70.8 mi away

4%175

Lanett3.8 mi away

4%165

Huguley4.1 mi away

4%152

Phenix City26 mi away

1%63

La Fayette14.2 mi away

1%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,566

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

How far

How far Valley commutes

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

35%

33%

25%

35%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valley is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Valley are

2,247 jobs are based in Valley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Valley

2,247 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Valley residents hold

4,215 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−26%

Jobs based in Valley, 2013 → 2023: 3,057 → 2,247. 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.