Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Rosa works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Rosa; the top destination outside it is Birmingham (16%, 36 miles). Rosa has 21 jobs, and 154 of its residents work somewhere. The average commute takes 36 minutes each way; Alabama averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Rosa on a workday
On a workday 154 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 21 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Rosa on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2023, primary jobs.
The places Rosa commutes to
Where Rosa clocks in
16% of workers
14% of workers
3% 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 Rosa, 86% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rosa, 2013 → 2023: 16 → 21. 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 Rosa’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Rosa: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rosa workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 247 commuters (the 4% 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 Rosa
About 18% 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.
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 Rosa: questions
What is the poverty rate in Rosa?
6.3%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rosa?
36 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rosa work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Birmingham (16%, 36 mi), Oneonta (14%, 3 mi), Bessemer (3%, 51 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rosa without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rosa, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rosa
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.