Photo: Rivers A. Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY-SA 3.0Unemployment in Pike Road (0.5%) is lower than in 97% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Pike Road is ahead of 87% of U.S. towns. For jobs and income Pike Road is better than 93% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (D−). Commuters spend 27 minutes getting to work on average; the Alabama average is 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Pike Road in brief
Income, poverty and work: Pike Road’s grade explained
Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 61% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Pike Road could be anywhere from A to A+.
59% of working residents work in Montgomery
Where Pike Road clocks in
59% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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.
In and out of Pike Road on a workday
On a workday 4,102 residents head out to work, 157 work right here, and 1,176 people come in from elsewhere.
About 9,000 people are in Pike Road on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
0.31 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 1,333 jobs based in Pike Road
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pike Road, 2013 → 2023: 239 → 1,333. 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 Pike Road’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Pike Road
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pike Road workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,588 commuters (the 13% 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 miles Pike Road commutes
About 20% 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.
In Pike Road, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,268 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 1% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 41% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.3% of Pike Road households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Pike Road’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pike Road places 301st of 2,695 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 144 | Meadowbrook AL | 9,117 | $142K | 5.5% | 1.5% | 2% | A+ |
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| 299 | Buffalo Township PA | 8,214 | $100K | 4.1% | 0.5% | 9% | A |
| 300 | Rockwood VA | 10,010 | $98K | 4.7% | 2.2% | 1% | A |
| 301 | Pike Road AL | 11,899 | $117K | 5.1% | 0.5% | 4% | A |
| 302 | Seven Hills OH | 11,464 | $97K | 4.8% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| 303 | North Londonderry Township PA | 9,109 | $109K | 4.2% | 2.1% | 5% | A |
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| 399 | Brook Highland AL | 8,146 | $80K | 4.6% | 0.6% | <1% | A |
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| 918 | Meridianville AL | 11,150 | $97K | 4.9% | 4.2% | 2% | A− |
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| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Pike Road, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
Next door is work for 59% of Pike Road
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pike Road workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Road | – | A | D− | 27 min | $117,091 |
| Montgomery | 59% | C | B+ | 21 min | $56,811 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Montgomery. Darker towns draw more of Pike Road’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 Pike Road: questions
What is the median household income in Pike Road?
$117,091 (±$18,803) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pike Road?
5.1%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pike Road?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pike Road work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Montgomery (59%, 12 mi), Birmingham (3%, 95 mi), Prattville (2%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pike Road walkable?
Pike Road is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pike Road without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pike Road, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pike Road
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.