Work & commute · Alabama

Work & commute in Alabama, NY

Most working residents leave Alabama for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Batavia (9%), Newstead (7%) and Pembroke (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 711 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 699 Alabama residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Alabama.

699live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

134work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Alabama goes to work

Batavia11.3 mi away

9%63

Newstead9.3 mi away

7%48

Pembroke6.2 mi away

6%45

Amherst20.5 mi away

6%45

Cheektowaga22.7 mi away

5%36

Lancaster18.3 mi away

5%34

Batavia9.5 mi away

5%33

Clarence14.8 mi away

5%33

Buffalo28.4 mi away

4%26

Rochester38.2 mi away

3%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%326

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

How far

How far Alabama commutes

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

22%

46%

19%

12%

22%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Alabama 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 Alabama are

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

Jobs based in Alabama

146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Alabama residents hold

711 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−28%

Jobs based in Alabama, 2013 → 2023: 203 → 146. 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.