Wheeler Hydroelectric Project · Photo: Tennessee Valley Authority · Public domainHousehold incomes in Rogersville trail those of 64% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in Rogersville; the top destination outside it is Athens (15%, 19 miles). Below the poverty line: 9.4% of residents; Alabama has 15.6%. For jobs and income Rogersville is better than 34% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Rogersville, in a few figures
Rogersville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 26 across Alabama. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Rogersville
56% of Rogersville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 35% of the jobs based in Rogersville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 91% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Rogersville pay little
29% of the jobs based in Rogersville pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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 466 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Rogersville’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
The poverty rate holds Rogersville’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 28% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.4%) is left out: Rogersville’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Rogersville could be anywhere from C− to B.
The daily trip from Rogersville: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rogersville workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 550 commuters (the 10% 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.
Inside Rogersville’s 665 jobs
665 jobs are based in Rogersville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rogersville, 2014 → 2024: 492 → 665. 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 Rogersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Rogersville by day
On a workday 422 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 621 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Rogersville on a workday afternoon, 14% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).
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 places Rogersville commutes to
Where Rogersville clocks in
15% of workers
13% of workers
9% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Rogersville
About 17% 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.
For most of Rogersville, work means a drive
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 1.7% across Alabama.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 610 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.8% of Rogersville households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Rogersville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Rogersville comes 3,096th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Shoal Creek AL | 1,328 | $218K | 0.0% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 340 | Rock Creek AL | 1,103 | $84K | 2.5% | 2.8% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 373 | Blue Ridge AL | 1,190 | $128K | 6.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,094 | Mokuleia HI | 1,655 | $89K | 15.0% | 2.5% | 4% | C |
| 3,095 | Algodones NM | 1,479 | $68K | 18.1% | 7.2% | 7% | C |
| 3,096 | Rogersville AL | 1,434 | $66K | 9.4% | 1.4% | 9% | C |
| 3,097 | Livonia LA | 1,134 | $73K | 20.1% | 1.6% | 3% | C |
| 3,098 | McComb OH | 1,549 | $64K | 9.8% | 2.7% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Rogersville, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
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 Rogersville: questions
What is the median household income in Rogersville?
$66,127 (±$5,735) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rogersville?
9.4%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rogersville?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rogersville work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Athens (15%, 19 mi), Florence (13%, 21 mi), Huntsville (9%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Rogersville walkable?
Rogersville is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rogersville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rogersville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rogersville
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. 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.