Thomaston Colored Institute · Photo: Altairisfar · Public domainWith 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Thomaston works elsewhere
Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Alabama 9%). Thomaston has 49 jobs; 145 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Thomaston; the top destination outside it is Demopolis (17%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Thomaston, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 145 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Thomaston on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 Thomaston: the destinations
Where Thomaston clocks in
17% 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.
The kinds of work in Thomaston
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Thomaston, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 49. 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 Thomaston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Thomaston’s commute takes 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 Thomaston workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 76 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 Thomaston
About 42% 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 Thomaston: questions
What is the median household income in Thomaston?
$58,125 (±$23,130) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Thomaston?
21.4%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Thomaston?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Thomaston work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Demopolis (17%, 20 mi), Eutaw (3%, 43 mi), Tuscaloosa (3%, 67 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Thomaston without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Thomaston, from the people who make the trip.
More of Thomaston
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.