John W. Howard House and Outbuildings · Photo: Chris Pruitt · CC BY-SA 3.0Making a living in Rutledge
Rutledge has 78 jobs, and 135 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 0% of workers (Alabama 9%). The trip to work takes 27 minutes on average; Alabama averages 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Rutledge
On a workday 132 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Rutledge on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.58 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.
22% of working residents work in Luverne
Where Rutledge clocks in
22% of workers
13% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Rutledge
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rutledge, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 78. 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 Rutledge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 27 minutes in Rutledge
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rutledge workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 78 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Rutledge
About 22% 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.
Next door is work for 22% of Rutledge
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Luverne. Darker towns draw more of Rutledge’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 Rutledge: questions
What is the median household income in Rutledge?
$31,538 (±$11,453) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rutledge?
34.8%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rutledge?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rutledge work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Luverne (22%, 2 mi), Montgomery (13%, 43 mi), Troy (9%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Rutledge without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rutledge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rutledge
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.