Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Elmore has lower household incomes than 89% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 40.3% of residents; Alabama has 15.6%. The two grades for Elmore are D for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 1% stay in Elmore for work; outside it, Montgomery is the main destination (44%, 15 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Elmore, in a few figures
44% of Elmore works in Montgomery
214 working residents, 44%, have their main job in Montgomery, 15 miles away. That’s 44 times as many as work in Elmore itself. The commute map ↓
Elmore is a place people come home to
There are 113 jobs based in Elmore, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Elmore has about 1,000 people in it, 27% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 487 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Elmore gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Elmore is better than 13% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Elmore’s grade up (ahead of 55% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down.
Unemployment (2.0%) is left out: Elmore’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Elmore could be anywhere from D to C.
The towns that employ Elmore’s residents
Where Elmore clocks in
44% of workers
8% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Elmore
On a workday 482 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Elmore on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.23 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 2023, primary jobs.
71% of the jobs in Elmore pay over $3,333 a month
113 jobs are based in Elmore.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Elmore, 2013 → 2023: 243 → 113. 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 Elmore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Elmore: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Elmore workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 696 commuters (the 4% 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.
How far Elmore goes to work
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Elmore commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Elmore is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 1.7% across Alabama.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 724 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). 13.1% of Elmore households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Elmore’s commuters take a bus or train.
Elmore is 4,631st of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Shoal Creek AL | 1,328 | $218K | 0.0% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 340 | Rock Creek AL | 1,103 | $84K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 373 | Blue Ridge AL | 1,190 | $128K | 6.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,629 | Tawas Township MI | 1,737 | $60K | 12.5% | 3.4% | 10% | D |
| 4,630 | Moreland ID | 1,326 | $61K | 19.7% | 0.0% | 1% | D |
| 4,631 | Elmore AL | 1,382 | $49K | 40.3% | 2.0% | 1% | D |
| 4,632 | Havana FL | 1,759 | $61K | 22.0% | 3.7% | 5% | D |
| 4,633 | Unadilla NY | 1,091 | $66K | 17.6% | 4.8% | 2% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Elmore, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
Elmore and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Millbrook (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Elmore workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmore | – | D | D | 25 min | $48,696 |
| Millbrook | 5% | B− | C− | 25 min | $70,313 |
| Coosada | under 2% | C+ | D | 26 min | $61,815 |
| Deatsville | under 2% | B+ | C | 33 min | $123,977 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Elmore’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 Elmore: questions
What is the median household income in Elmore?
$48,696 (±$24,242) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Elmore?
40.3%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Elmore?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Elmore work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Montgomery (44%, 15 mi), Prattville (8%, 10 mi), Wetumpka (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Elmore walkable?
Elmore is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Elmore without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Elmore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Elmore
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.