Work & commute · Wedowee

Work & commute in Wedowee, AL

Most working residents leave Wedowee for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Roanoke (10%), Carrollton (4%) and Birmingham (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

36 of 314 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 278 Wedowee residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 845 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wedowee.

278live here, work elsewhere

36live and work here

845work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wedowee goes to work

Wedowee (in town)right here

11%36

Roanoke13.1 mi away

10%30

Carrollton, GA30 mi away

4%12

Birmingham77.1 mi away

4%11

Ashland20.2 mi away

3%9

Anniston31.4 mi away

3%9

Lineville15.4 mi away

2%7

Auburn48.4 mi away

2%7

Bowdon, GA20.8 mi away

2%7

Opelika45.2 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%180

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

How far

How far Wedowee commutes

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

22%

24%

23%

31%

22%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wedowee is a job hub

2.81jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wedowee are

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

Jobs based in Wedowee

881 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Wedowee residents hold

314 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+9%

Jobs based in Wedowee, 2013 → 2023: 808 → 881. 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.