McCosh Grist Mill · Photo: Rivers A. Langley; SaveRivers · CC BY 3.0Most of Standing Rock commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 9% across Alabama. There are 9 jobs in Standing Rock; 45 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Standing Rock; the top destination outside it is LaGrange (20%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Standing Rock by day
On a workday 45 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 20 people are in Standing Rock on a workday afternoon, 64% 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.
Where Standing Rock’s working residents head each day
Where Standing Rock clocks in
20% of workers
7% 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.
89% of the jobs in Standing Rock make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Standing Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Standing Rock
of Standing Rock workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Standing Rock
About 19% 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Standing Rock workers work outside Alabama. The job records count 20% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Standing Rock: questions
What is the median household income in Standing Rock?
$44,167 (±$21,279) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Standing Rock?
28.6%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Standing Rock work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are LaGrange (20%, 12 mi), La Fayette (9%, 16 mi), Roanoke (7%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Standing Rock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Standing Rock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Standing Rock
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.