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Jobs & commute in Nanafalia

Jobs, income and commuting in Nanafalia, AL

Hardly any work in Nanafalia; the top destination outside it is Montgomery (12%, 102 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers (Alabama 9%). The Census job records count 33 working residents of Nanafalia and no jobs based in it.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Who leaves Nanafalia for work, and who comes in

On a workday 33 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

33live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night16
Workday0
16live here− 33head out to work+ 0come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Nanafalia on a workday afternoon, 100% 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 2024, primary jobs.

The commute map

The places Nanafalia commutes to

Sweet Water: 1 residents work here (3%)Linden: 1 residents work here (3%)Camden: 1 residents work here (3%)Sumiton: 1 residents work here (3%)Butler: 1 residents work here (3%)Livingston: 2 residents work here (6%)Thomasville: 2 residents work here (6%)Irondale: 1 residents work here (3%)Northport: 1 residents work here (3%)Montgomery: 4 residents work here (12%)NanafaliaMontgomeryLivingstonThomasvilleSweet WaterLindenCamdenNanafalia
1
Montgomery102.3 mi away
12%4
2
Livingston35.3 mi away
6%2
3
Thomasville20.3 mi away
6%2
4
Sweet Water7.8 mi away
3%1
5
Linden17.7 mi away
3%1
6
Camden42.1 mi away
3%1
7
Sumiton125.8 mi away
3%1
8
Butler12.6 mi away
3%1
9
Irondale125.6 mi away
3%1
10
Northport82.5 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
55%18
The top trips

Where Nanafalia clocks in

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 Nanafalia

Working from home
0%

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

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

Share of the 10 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

Near or far: the trip to work from Nanafalia

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMontgomery: 12% · 102.3 miLivingston: 6% · 35.3 miThomasville: 6% · 20.3 miSweet Water: 3% · 7.8 miLinden: 3% · 17.7 miCamden: 3% · 42.1 miSumiton: 3% · 125.8 miButler: 3% · 12.6 miIrondale: 3% · 125.6 miNorthport: 3% · 82.5 miMontgomery 12%Livingston 6%Thomasville 6%Sweet Water 3%Linden 3%Nanafalia
NanafaliaTop destinations (size = commuters)
18%Under 10 mi6 residents
27%10–24 mi9 residents
12%25–50 mi4 residents
42%Over 50 mi14 residents

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 2024.

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 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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Nanafalia: questions

What is the poverty rate in Nanafalia?

0.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Nanafalia work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Montgomery (12%, 102 mi), Livingston (6%, 35 mi), Thomasville (6%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).

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

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Beyond the commute

More of Nanafalia

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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.