Most of Coats Bend commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
There are 3 jobs in Coats Bend; 508 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Coats Bend is better than 24% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (D−). At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Alabama 9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Coats Bend: the gist
Coats Bend is a place people come home to
There are 3 jobs based in Coats Bend, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Coats Bend has about 1,100 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Coats Bend works in Gadsden
180 working residents, 35%, have their main job in Gadsden, 9.3 miles away. That’s far more as work in Coats Bend itself. The commute map ↓
Few Coats Bend workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 9% across Alabama. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 508 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Coats Bend’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Coats Bend’s grade up ($70,409, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (18.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: Coats Bend’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Coats Bend could be anywhere from D to A−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Coats Bend
On a workday 508 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Coats Bend on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
35% of working residents work in Gadsden
Where Coats Bend clocks in
35% 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.
Getting to work from Coats Bend takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coats Bend workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 614 commuters (the 0% 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.
Jobs in Coats Bend: what the 3 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coats Bend, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 3. 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 Coats Bend’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Coats Bend’s workers travel
About 26% 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.
Most of Coats Bend commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 614 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). 0.0% of Coats Bend households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Coats Bend’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Coats Bend is 4,007th of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Shoal Creek AL | 1,328 | $218K | 0.0% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 373 | Westover AL | 2,121 | $97K | 4.1% | 0.6% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 402 | Rock Creek AL | 1,103 | $84K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,005 | Hanover Township MI | 1,729 | $68K | 11.7% | 1.5% | 4% | C− |
| 4,006 | Alburgh VT | 2,147 | $76K | 11.4% | 2.1% | 6% | C− |
| 4,007 | Coats Bend AL | 1,630 | $70K | 18.0% | 1.4% | 0% | C− |
| 4,008 | Sharon MS | 1,910 | $102K | 18.0% | 9.9% | 1% | C− |
| 4,009 | Barry IL | 1,247 | $76K | 15.3% | 5.8% | 12% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Coats Bend, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
Work in the towns next to Coats Bend
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coats Bend workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coats Bend | – | C− | D− | 28 min | $70,409 |
| Tidmore Bend | under 2% | C | C | 20 min | $60,729 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coats Bend’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 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 Coats Bend: questions
What is the median household income in Coats Bend?
$70,409 (±$29,751) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coats Bend?
18.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coats Bend?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coats Bend work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gadsden (35%, 9 mi), Rainbow City (5%, 16 mi), Birmingham (4%, 65 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Coats Bend walkable?
Coats Bend is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coats Bend without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coats Bend, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coats Bend
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. 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.