Crane Hill Masonic Lodge · Photo: Jimmy Emerson, DVM from Dalton GA · CC BY 2.0There are 2.1 jobs in Dodge City for every working resident, and 569 people commute in
Working residents average 28 minutes each way, where Alabama has 26 and the U.S. 26. There are 582 jobs in Dodge City, and 274 of its residents work somewhere. Only 5% stay in Dodge City for work; outside it, Cullman is the main destination (14%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Dodge City
Dodge City is where the jobs are
Dodge City has 582 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 880 people are in town, 54% more than the 570 who live here. Day and night ↓
Dodge City has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Dodge City went from 356 in 2014 to 582 in 2024, +63%. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
48% of the jobs in Dodge City are in trade, transport and utilities, against 20% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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 274 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
A workday in Dodge City: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 261 residents head out to work and 13 work right here.
About 880 people are in Dodge City on a workday afternoon, 54% more than live here.
2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
A place that makes things: 30% of Dodge City’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dodge City, 2014 → 2024: 356 → 582. 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 Dodge City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Dodge City’s workforce comes from
Where Dodge City clocks in
14% of workers
13% of workers
5% 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.
About 28 minutes each way for Dodge City’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dodge City workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 181 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.
Half of Dodge City commutes less than 29 miles
About 18% 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.
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 Dodge City: questions
What is the median household income in Dodge City?
$63,594 (±$18,425) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dodge City?
14.6%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dodge City?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dodge City work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cullman (14%, 9 mi), Birmingham (13%, 36 mi), Huntsville (5%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Dodge City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dodge City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dodge City
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.