Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Work, pay and getting to work in Lowndesboro
Employers in Lowndesboro report 42 jobs for 25 working residents. 37% of workers have no commute at all, where Alabama as a whole has 9%. Only 4% work in Lowndesboro itself; outside it, Montgomery draws the most (32%, 21 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Lowndesboro on a workday afternoon
On a workday 24 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere.
About 92 people are in Lowndesboro on a workday afternoon, 23% more than live here.
1.7 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.
Where the people who work in Lowndesboro live
Where Lowndesboro clocks in
32% of workers
4% 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.
Lowndesboro is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lowndesboro, 2014 → 2024: 30 → 42. 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 Lowndesboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Lowndesboro
of Lowndesboro workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 22 commuters (the 37% 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.
Miles to work from Lowndesboro
About 21% 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 Lowndesboro: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lowndesboro?
0.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lowndesboro work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Montgomery (32%, 21 mi), Hayneville (4%, 7 mi), Selma (4%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lowndesboro without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lowndesboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lowndesboro
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.