North Central Historic District · Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Alexander City earn less than those in 91% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 25.7% of residents (Alabama 15.6%). Jobs and income earn Alexander City D; getting around on foot earns it C+. About one in three work in Alexander City itself; outside it, Montgomery draws the most (8%, 44 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Alexander City in brief
Alexander City’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Alexander City is Montgomery, 44 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (470) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Commutes from Alexander City are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Alabama. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Alabama worker. Time on the road ↓
Alexander City draws workers from far and wide
The 7,218 jobs in Alexander City are filled from a wide area. Alexander City’s own residents hold 29% and the ten next-biggest home towns 12%; the other 59% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The figures behind Alexander City’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Alexander City is better than 7% of U.S. towns, #165 of 187 in Alabama. Job access by car holds Alexander City’s grade up (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Alexander City could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Short hops and long hauls from Alexander City
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Commuting from Alexander City: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alexander City workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,483 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where the trip to work from Alexander City ends
Where Alexander City clocks in
8% of workers
4% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Alexander City by day and by night
On a workday 4,203 residents head out to work, 2,061 work right here, and 5,157 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Alexander City
7,218 jobs are based in Alexander City.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alexander City, 2014 → 2024: 7,522 → 7,218. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alexander City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Alexander City walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Alexander City is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns, #77 of 187 in Alabama. Both inputs place Alexander City near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,745 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.7% of Alexander City households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Alexander City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Alexander City and other U.S. towns of 10,000 to 20,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 270 | Pike Road AL | 11,899 | $117K | 5.1% | 0.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 481 | Chelsea AL | 17,716 | $115K | 2.7% | 3.2% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 686 | Gardendale AL | 16,425 | $82K | 4.3% | 3.4% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,311 | Douglas GA | 11,864 | $34K | 29.7% | 6.4% | 45% | D |
| 2,312 | Orangeburg SC | 13,383 | $39K | 32.6% | 11.8% | 17% | D |
| 2,313 | Alexander City AL | 14,515 | $47K | 25.7% | 6.4% | 33% | D |
| 2,314 | Pease Township OH | 12,375 | $51K | 23.2% | 9.7% | 14% | D |
| 2,315 | Eloy AZ | 19,967 | $56K | 23.1% | 6.2% | 12% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,362 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Alexander City, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
Around Alexander City: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Alexander City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander City | – | D | C+ | 20 min | $47,022 |
| Our Town | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Jacksons' Gap | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Our Town and Jacksons' Gap: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Alexander City’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Alexander City: questions
What is the median household income in Alexander City?
$47,022 (±$8,458) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alexander City?
25.7%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alexander City?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alexander City work?
33% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Montgomery (8%, 44 mi), Birmingham (4%, 65 mi), Opelika (4%, 37 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Alexander City walkable?
Alexander City is more walkable than 37% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Alexander City without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alexander City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alexander City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.