Most of Tidmore Bend commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Tidmore Bend report 8 jobs, and 412 of its residents work somewhere. Tidmore Bend grades C for jobs and income and C for walkability. Household incomes here are lower than in 73% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Tidmore Bend: the figures worth knowing
Tidmore Bend is a place people come home to
There are 8 jobs based in Tidmore Bend, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Tidmore Bend has about 790 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
41% of Tidmore Bend works in Gadsden
169 working residents, 41%, have their main job in Gadsden, 5.5 miles away across the town line. That’s far more as work in Tidmore Bend itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Tidmore Bend are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 26 across Alabama. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Alabama worker. 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 412 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Tidmore Bend’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Tidmore Bend is better than 25% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Tidmore Bend’s grade.
Unemployment (4.0%) is left out: Tidmore Bend’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Tidmore Bend could be anywhere from D to A−.
Tidmore Bend by day and by night
On a workday 412 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 790 people are in Tidmore Bend on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
41% of working residents work in Gadsden
Where Tidmore Bend clocks in
41% 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.
The daily trip from Tidmore Bend: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tidmore Bend workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 529 commuters (the 6% 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.
Jobs in Tidmore Bend: what the 8 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tidmore Bend, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 8. 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 Tidmore Bend’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Tidmore Bend goes to work
About 25% 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.
Driving is how Tidmore Bend gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tidmore Bend is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 1.7% across Alabama, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 565 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.7% of Tidmore Bend households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tidmore Bend’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Tidmore Bend is 2,674th among 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Shoal Creek AL | 1,328 | $218K | 0.0% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 237 | Rock Creek AL | 1,103 | $84K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 254 | Blue Ridge AL | 1,190 | $128K | 6.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,672 | Williamsfield Township OH | 1,430 | $65K | 10.9% | 2.0% | 1% | C |
| 2,673 | Harrison Township OH | 1,511 | $60K | 14.5% | 4.6% | 3% | C |
| 2,674 | Tidmore Bend AL | 1,192 | $61K | 14.6% | 4.0% | 0% | C |
| 2,675 | Clinton WA | 1,419 | $76K | 10.9% | 3.6% | 4% | C |
| 2,676 | Preston MN | 1,318 | $64K | 8.9% | 3.4% | 16% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Tidmore Bend, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
The towns next door employ 41% of Tidmore Bend
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tidmore Bend workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tidmore Bend | – | C | C | 20 min | $60,729 |
| Gadsden | 41% | D | B− | 21 min | $40,345 |
| Coats Bend | under 2% | C− | D− | 28 min | $70,409 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Gadsden. Darker towns draw more of Tidmore Bend’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 Tidmore Bend: questions
What is the median household income in Tidmore Bend?
$60,729 (±$27,263) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tidmore Bend?
14.6%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tidmore Bend?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tidmore Bend work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gadsden (41%, 6 mi), Birmingham (6%, 61 mi), Rainbow City (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tidmore Bend walkable?
Tidmore Bend is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tidmore Bend without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tidmore Bend, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tidmore Bend
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.