Samuel Johnson House · Photo: Mthunter58 · CC BY-SA 3.0Coker has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Coker has 45 jobs; 340 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Coker for work; outside it, Tuscaloosa is the main destination (40%, 9 miles). The trip to work takes 30 minutes on average, where Alabama has 26 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Coker: the figures worth knowing
Coker is a place people come home to
There are 45 jobs based in Coker, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Coker has about 590 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
40% of Coker works in Tuscaloosa
135 working residents, 40%, have their main job in Tuscaloosa, 8.9 miles away. That’s far more as work in Coker itself. The commute map ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Coker’s working residents have a job less than 8 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 30 minutes, longer than the Alabama average of 26. 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 340 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The workday shuffle in and out of Coker
On a workday 340 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Coker on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Where the trip to work from Coker ends
Where Coker clocks in
16% of workers
3% 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.
How long Coker spends getting to work: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coker workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 491 commuters (the 3% 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.
What Coker’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coker, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 45. 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 Coker’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Coker to work
About 23% 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.
16% of Coker works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Northport. Darker towns draw more of Coker’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 Coker: questions
What is the median household income in Coker?
$55,313 (±$28,403) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coker?
14.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coker?
30 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coker work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tuscaloosa (40%, 9 mi), Northport (16%, 5 mi), Birmingham (3%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Coker without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coker, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coker
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.