Hugh Wilson Hill House · Photo: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Carrollton
Employers in Carrollton report 351 jobs, against 299 working residents. Only 5% work in Carrollton itself; outside it, Tuscaloosa draws the most (16%, 33 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 36 minutes; Alabama averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Carrollton
Carrollton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Carrollton is Tuscaloosa, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (49) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Carrollton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 26 across Alabama. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 299 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where in the region Carrollton works
About 32% 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.
The trip to work from Carrollton: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carrollton workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 207 commuters (the 8% 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.
Who leaves Carrollton for work, and who comes in
On a workday 283 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 335 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 (1.17 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.
Where Carrollton’s working residents head each day
Where Carrollton clocks in
9% 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.
Most jobs in Carrollton are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carrollton, 2013 → 2023: 342 → 351. 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 Carrollton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Carrollton: questions
What is the median household income in Carrollton?
$31,000 (±$7,205) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carrollton?
22.6%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carrollton?
36 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carrollton work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tuscaloosa (16%, 33 mi), Aliceville (9%, 10 mi), Reform (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Carrollton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carrollton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carrollton
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.