Work, pay and getting to work in Ariton
Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average, next to 26 for Alabama and 26 for the U.S. Only 4% stay in Ariton for work; outside it, Ozark is the main destination (21%, 11 miles). 314 jobs are based in Ariton, against 236 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Ariton at work: what stands out
Ariton and Ozark trade workers both ways
Ozark is the top workplace for Ariton residents (21%) and also where the most people who work in Ariton come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Ariton makes and builds things
57% of the jobs based in Ariton are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Ariton residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 236 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Ariton’s residents
Where Ariton clocks in
19% of workers
5% 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.
Ariton makes things: 57% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ariton, 2013 → 2023: 165 → 314. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ariton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Ariton
On a workday 226 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 304 people come in from elsewhere.
About 730 people are in Ariton on a workday afternoon, 12% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Ariton: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ariton workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 199 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.
How many miles Ariton commutes
About 24% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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 Ariton: questions
What is the median household income in Ariton?
$50,000 (±$29,561) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ariton?
23.3%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ariton?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ariton work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ozark (21%, 11 mi), Dothan (19%, 31 mi), Enterprise (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Ariton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ariton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ariton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.