Deatsville’s household incomes are higher than in 90% of U.S. towns
Deatsville grades B+ for jobs and income and C for walkability. 4.0% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 15.6% for Alabama as a whole. Hardly any work in Deatsville; the top destination outside it is Montgomery (43%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Deatsville apart on work
Deatsville is a place people come home to
There are 15 jobs based in Deatsville, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Deatsville has about 1,100 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
43% of Deatsville works in Montgomery
280 working residents, 43%, have their main job in Montgomery, 18 miles away. That’s far more as work in Deatsville itself. The commute map ↓
Deatsville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 26 across Alabama. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 645 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Deatsville’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Deatsville is better than 72% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Deatsville’s grade up ($123,977, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Deatsville could be anywhere from B− to A+.
A workday in Deatsville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 644 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Deatsville on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.02 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Deatsville: the destinations
Where Deatsville clocks in
43% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
From Deatsville, about 33 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deatsville workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,189 commuters (the 7% 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 Deatsville: what the 15 are
15 jobs are based in Deatsville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deatsville, 2014 → 2024: 53 → 15. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Deatsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Deatsville commutes less than 18 miles
About 25% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most trips from Deatsville start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Deatsville is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 1.7% across Alabama, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,285 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). 3.3% of Deatsville households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Deatsville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300, Deatsville ranks 1,058th of 5,760 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 83 | Shoal Creek AL | 1,328 | $218K | 0.0% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 362 | Westover AL | 2,121 | $97K | 4.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 963 | Smoke Rise AL | 1,471 | $86K | 5.5% | 8.6% | <1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,056 | Baraboo WI | 1,778 | $101K | 6.1% | 1.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,057 | Harlan IN | 1,254 | $75K | 5.6% | 5.9% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,058 | Deatsville AL | 1,715 | $124K | 4.0% | 5.6% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,059 | Spring Lake Township IL | 1,656 | $87K | 4.2% | 4.2% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,060 | Idaho Springs CO | 1,842 | $89K | 6.9% | 3.5% | 17% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Deatsville, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
Around Deatsville: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Millbrook (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Deatsville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deatsville | – | B+ | C | 33 min | $123,977 |
| Millbrook | 6% | B− | C− | 25 min | $70,313 |
| Elmore | under 1% | D | D | 25 min | $48,696 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Deatsville’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 2024, 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 Deatsville: questions
What is the median household income in Deatsville?
$123,977 (±$18,171) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deatsville?
4.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deatsville?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deatsville work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Montgomery (43%, 18 mi), Prattville (9%, 10 mi), Millbrook (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Deatsville walkable?
Deatsville is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Deatsville without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Deatsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deatsville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.