Photo: Rivers Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Mosses works elsewhere
There are 88 jobs in Mosses, and 238 of its residents work somewhere. Only 1% work in Mosses itself; outside it, Montgomery draws the most (24%, 26 miles). Working residents average 32 minutes each way, where Alabama has 26 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Mosses, in a few figures
Mosses and Montgomery trade workers both ways
Montgomery is the top workplace for Mosses residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Mosses come from (30% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% 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 ↓
Mosses workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Alabama. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 238 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Mosses commutes to
Where Mosses clocks in
24% of workers
12% 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.
Where in the region Mosses works
About 35% 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.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Alabama
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mosses workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 107 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 many people are in Mosses by day
On a workday 235 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 85 people come in from elsewhere.
About 600 people are in Mosses on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Jobs in Mosses: what the 88 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mosses, 2013 → 2023: 113 → 88. 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 Mosses’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Next door to Mosses
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mosses workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mosses | – | — | — | 32 min | $26,568 |
| Gordonville | under 1% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Gordonville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mosses’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 Mosses: questions
What is the median household income in Mosses?
$26,568 (±$7,757) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mosses?
51.3%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mosses?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mosses work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Montgomery (24%, 26 mi), Hayneville (12%, 6 mi), Greenville (4%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mosses without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mosses, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mosses
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.