Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Susan Moore works elsewhere
Only 1% work in Susan Moore; the top destination outside it is Birmingham (9%, 44 miles). 171 jobs are based in Susan Moore, and 326 of its residents work somewhere. For 0% of workers, the job is at home (Alabama 9%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Susan Moore
Susan Moore’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Susan Moore is Birmingham, 44 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (28) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Susan Moore workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 26 across Alabama. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Susan Moore 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 326 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The distance from Susan Moore to work
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.
About 33 minutes to work from Susan Moore
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Susan Moore workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 653 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.
Susan Moore on a workday afternoon
On a workday 322 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 167 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Susan Moore on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Commuting out of Susan Moore: the destinations
Where Susan Moore clocks in
9% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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 Susan Moore, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Susan Moore, 2013 → 2023: 154 → 171. 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 Susan Moore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Around Susan Moore: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Snead (4%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Susan Moore workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Moore | – | — | — | 33 min | $84,554 |
| Snead | 4% | D | C | 41 min | $48,509 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Susan Moore’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 Susan Moore: questions
What is the median household income in Susan Moore?
$84,554 (±$22,345) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Susan Moore?
12.1%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Susan Moore?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Susan Moore work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Birmingham (9%, 44 mi), Oneonta (6%, 10 mi), Albertville (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Susan Moore without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Susan Moore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Susan Moore
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.