Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Most of Dutton commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 9% for Alabama as a whole. There are 52 jobs in Dutton, and 117 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Dutton; the top destination outside it is Fort Payne (17%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Dutton quiets down on a workday
On a workday 117 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 52 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Dutton on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
The towns that employ Dutton’s residents
Where Dutton clocks in
15% of workers
12% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Dutton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dutton, 2013 → 2023: 42 → 52. 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 Dutton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes to work from Dutton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dutton workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 191 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Dutton
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.
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 Dutton: questions
What is the median household income in Dutton?
$63,750 (±$25,875) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dutton?
17.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dutton?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dutton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Payne (17%, 16 mi), Scottsboro (15%, 8 mi), Huntsville (12%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dutton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dutton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dutton
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.