Most of Natural Bridge commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Natural Bridge; the top destination outside it is Double Springs (12%, 13 miles). Natural Bridge has 7 jobs, and 43 of its residents work somewhere. For 14% of workers, the job is at home; Alabama has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Natural Bridge
On a workday 43 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5 people are in Natural Bridge on a workday afternoon, 88% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Natural Bridge’s residents
Where Natural Bridge clocks in
12% of workers
12% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Natural Bridge
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Natural Bridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Natural Bridge
of Natural Bridge workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 12 commuters (the 14% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Natural Bridge
About 30% 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 Natural Bridge: questions
What is the poverty rate in Natural Bridge?
8.2%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Natural Bridge work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Double Springs (12%, 13 mi), Jasper (12%, 25 mi), Haleyville (9%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Natural Bridge 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 Natural Bridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Natural Bridge
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.