Photo: DwayneP · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Reece City works elsewhere
Reece City has 125 jobs, against 230 working residents. A typical one-way commute lasts 45 minutes, where Alabama has 26 and the U.S. 26. Home is the office for 5% of workers; Alabama has 9%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Reece City in brief
Reece City workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 45 minutes each way, against 26 across Alabama. Over a year that’s about 345 hours of commuting, 146 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Reece City and Gadsden trade workers both ways
Gadsden is the top workplace for Reece City residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Reece City come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 230 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How long Reece City spends getting to work: about 45 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reece City workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 375 commuters (the 5% 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.
29% of working residents work in Gadsden
Where Reece City clocks in
29% of workers
10% of workers
5% 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.
Who works in Reece City, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 230 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere.
About 510 people are in Reece City on a workday afternoon, 17% 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.
68% of the jobs in Reece City pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reece City, 2014 → 2024: 66 → 125. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Reece City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Reece City, by distance
About 24% 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.
29% of Reece City works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Reece City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reece City | – | — | — | 45 min | $66,705 |
| Gadsden | 29% | D | B− | 21 min | $40,345 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Gadsden. Darker towns draw more of Reece City’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 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 Reece City: questions
What is the median household income in Reece City?
$66,705 (±$27,561) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reece City?
6.1%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reece City?
45 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reece City work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gadsden (29%, 5 mi), Attalla (10%, 8 mi), Birmingham (5%, 58 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Reece City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Reece City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reece City
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.