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Jobs & commute in Mount Olive

Jobs and earnings in Mount Olive, and the trip to work

0% of workers work from home, against 9% across Alabama. Hardly any stay in Mount Olive for work; outside it, Sylacauga is the main destination (14%, 9 miles). No jobs are based in Mount Olive in the Census job records; 133 of its residents work elsewhere.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

0 jobs based here
Poverty
11.5%
Alabama 15.6%
Unemployment
0.0%
Alabama 4.7% · U.S. 5.2%
Work in town
0%
0 of 133 working residents
Work from home
0%
Alabama 9% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Mount Olive

On a workday 133 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

133live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night210
Workday75
210live here− 130head out to work+ 0come in to work= 75on a workday

About 75 people are in Mount Olive on a workday afternoon, 64% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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.

The commute map

Where people from Mount Olive work

Oak Grove: 3 residents work here (2%)Goodwater: 4 residents work here (3%)Talladega: 3 residents work here (2%)Sylacauga: 19 residents work here (14%)Alexander City: 6 residents work here (5%)Pelham: 3 residents work here (2%)Anniston: 3 residents work here (2%)Hoover: 3 residents work here (2%)Birmingham: 7 residents work here (5%)Montgomery: 4 residents work here (3%)Mount OliveSylacaugaBirminghamAlexander CityGoodwaterMontgomeryOak GroveMount Olive
1
Sylacauga9.3 mi away
14%19
2
Birmingham49.3 mi away
5%7
3
Alexander City15.8 mi away
5%6
4
Goodwater4.8 mi away
3%4
5
Montgomery51 mi away
3%4
6
Oak Grove12.5 mi away
2%3
7
Talladega24.5 mi away
2%3
8
Pelham38.7 mi away
2%3
9
Anniston45.1 mi away
2%3
10
Hoover44.1 mi away
2%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
59%78
The top trips

Where Mount Olive clocks in

14% of workers
9.3 mi awaySylacauga19 Mount Olive residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
49.3 mi awayBirmingham7 Mount Olive residents work here · Jobs & commute →
5% of workers
15.8 mi awayAlexander City6 Mount Olive residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Mount Olive

Working from home
0%

of Mount Olive workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Mount Olive gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 85 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.

How far

How far Mount Olive’s workers travel

10 mi25 mi50 mi60 miSylacauga: 14% · 9.3 miBirmingham: 5% · 49.3 miAlexander City: 5% · 15.8 miGoodwater: 3% · 4.8 miMontgomery: 3% · 51 miOak Grove: 2% · 12.5 miTalladega: 2% · 24.5 miPelham: 2% · 38.7 miAnniston: 2% · 45.1 miHoover: 2% · 44.1 miSylacauga 14%Birmingham 5%Alexander City 5%Goodwater 3%Montgomery 3%Mount Olive
Mount OliveTop destinations (size = commuters)
15%Under 10 mi20 residents
33%10–24 mi44 residents
35%25–50 mi46 residents
17%Over 50 mi23 residents

About 17% 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 to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Mount Olive: questions

What is the poverty rate in Mount Olive?

11.5%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Mount Olive work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sylacauga (14%, 9 mi), Birmingham (5%, 49 mi), Alexander City (5%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Mount Olive 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 Mount Olive, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
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Beyond the commute

More of Mount Olive

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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.