Making a living in Gilbertown
0% of workers work from home; Alabama has 9%. About one in ten work in Gilbertown; the top destination outside it is Butler (12%, 17 miles). The average commute takes 37 minutes each way, next to 26 for Alabama and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Gilbertown
A big share show a job far from home
42% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Gilbertown workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 26 across Alabama. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Gilbertown workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 9% across Alabama. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 225 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Gilbertown
About 42% 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.
How long Gilbertown spends getting to work: about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Gilbertown workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 316 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.
Who commutes out of Gilbertown, and who commutes in
On a workday 204 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 305 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Gilbertown on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.45 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.
Where Gilbertown goes to work
Where Gilbertown clocks in
12% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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 326 jobs based in Gilbertown
326 jobs are based in Gilbertown.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Gilbertown, 2013 → 2023: 215 → 326. 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 Gilbertown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Gilbertown: questions
What is the median household income in Gilbertown?
$70,156 (±$11,517) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Gilbertown?
11.7%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Gilbertown?
37 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Gilbertown work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Butler (12%, 17 mi), Montgomery (4%, 124 mi), Waynesboro (3%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Gilbertown 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 Gilbertown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Gilbertown
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.