Reeltown has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
0% of workers work from home, where Alabama as a whole has 9%. There are 71 jobs in Reeltown; 315 of its residents have a job. Only 2% stay in Reeltown for work; outside it, Tallassee is the main destination (16%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Reeltown in brief
Reeltown is a place people come home to
There are 71 jobs based in Reeltown, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Reeltown has about 740 people in it, 25% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Reeltown workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Alabama. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Reeltown workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 9% across Alabama. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 315 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
A workday in Reeltown: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 310 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 66 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in Reeltown on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Time on the road from Reeltown: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Reeltown workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 450 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.
Where people from Reeltown work
Where Reeltown clocks in
16% of workers
14% of workers
10% 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.
Jobs in Reeltown: what the 71 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Reeltown, 2014 → 2024: 99 → 71. 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 Reeltown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Reeltown commutes
About 25% 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 Reeltown: questions
What is the median household income in Reeltown?
$83,523 (±$45,990) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Reeltown?
13.6%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Reeltown?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Reeltown work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tallassee (16%, 5 mi), Montgomery (14%, 30 mi), Auburn (10%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Reeltown without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Reeltown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Reeltown
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.