Photo: MrsHoldR · CC BY 4.0More people are out of work in Dadeville (8.5%) than in 90% of U.S. towns
The trip to work takes 31 minutes on average (Alabama 26, U.S. 26). Dadeville grades C for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in five work in Dadeville; the top destination outside it is Alexander City (14%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Dadeville: the figures worth knowing
Dadeville makes and builds things
43% of the jobs based in Dadeville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Dadeville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Dadeville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 26 across Alabama. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer than half of Dadeville workers earn over $40,000 a year
44% of Dadeville’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, wherever they work, and 18% earn $1,250 a month or less. 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.
Inside Dadeville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Dadeville is better than 27% of U.S. towns, #113 of 187 in Alabama. The poverty rate holds Dadeville’s grade up (8.4%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Dadeville could be anywhere from D to A−.
43% of the jobs in Dadeville make or build things
1,624 jobs are based in Dadeville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dadeville, 2013 → 2023: 1,398 → 1,624. 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 Dadeville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Dadeville: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dadeville workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,098 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.
Dadeville by day and by night
On a workday 990 residents head out to work, 205 work right here, and 1,419 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,300 people are in Dadeville on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 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.
Commuting out of Dadeville: the destinations
Where Dadeville clocks in
14% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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 far Dadeville goes to work
About 27% 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 commute in Dadeville is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Dadeville is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #34 of 187 in Alabama. Both inputs place Dadeville 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 1,191 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). 7.4% of Dadeville households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dadeville’s commuters take a bus or train.
3,504th of 4,882: where Dadeville ranks among U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | Indian Springs Village AL | 2,553 | $137K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 105 | Eagle Point AL | 3,110 | $152K | 3.2% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 266 | Emerald Mountain AL | 3,535 | $123K | 2.2% | 1.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,502 | Logan Township IN | 3,694 | $68K | 15.4% | 4.9% | 22% | C |
| 3,503 | East Bethlehem Township PA | 2,238 | $68K | 21.3% | 3.5% | 4% | C |
| 3,504 | Dadeville AL | 2,920 | $67K | 8.4% | 8.5% | 17% | C |
| 3,505 | Mora MN | 3,763 | $53K | 16.6% | 2.6% | 34% | C |
| 3,506 | Monterey TN | 2,827 | $46K | 29.9% | 2.2% | 14% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Dadeville, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
How Dadeville compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dadeville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dadeville | – | C | B | 31 min | $67,147 |
| Jacksons' Gap | under 1% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jacksons' Gap: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dadeville’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 Dadeville: questions
What is the median household income in Dadeville?
$67,147 (±$6,807) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dadeville?
8.4%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dadeville?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dadeville work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Alexander City (14%, 11 mi), Auburn (7%, 22 mi), Opelika (7%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dadeville walkable?
Dadeville is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dadeville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dadeville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dadeville
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.