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Jobs & commute in Weogufka

Jobs and the daily commute in Weogufka

No jobs are based in Weogufka in the Census job records; 78 of its residents work elsewhere. Home is the office for 0% of workers; Alabama has 9%. Hardly any stay in Weogufka for work; outside it, Sylacauga is the main destination (13%, 10 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Weogufka on a workday afternoon

On a workday 78 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.

78live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
0work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night180
Workday110
180live here− 78head out to work+ 0come in to work= 110on a workday

About 110 people are in Weogufka on a workday afternoon, 42% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.00jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.00 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.

The commute map

Where people from Weogufka work

Oak Grove: 2 residents work here (3%)Homewood: 2 residents work here (3%)Childersburg: 4 residents work here (5%)Helena: 2 residents work here (3%)Sylacauga: 10 residents work here (13%)Alexander City: 3 residents work here (4%)Huntsville: 3 residents work here (4%)Birmingham: 3 residents work here (4%)Montgomery: 8 residents work here (10%)WeogufkaStewartville: 3 residents work here (4%)SylacaugaMontgomeryChildersburgAlexander CityHuntsvilleBirminghamWeogufka
1
Sylacauga9.9 mi away
13%10
2
Montgomery46.6 mi away
10%8
3
Childersburg18.8 mi away
5%4
4
Alexander City22.6 mi away
4%3
5
Huntsville117.7 mi away
4%3
6
Birmingham44.9 mi away
4%3
7
Stewartville4.7 mi away
4%3
8
Oak Grove11.7 mi away
3%2
9
Homewood41.8 mi away
3%2
10
Helena38 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
49%38
The top trips

Where Weogufka clocks in

Lines 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.

Time on the road

Working from home in Weogufka

Working from home
0%

of Weogufka workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Weogufka gets to work
100%Drive alone

Share of the 83 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.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Weogufka

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miSylacauga: 13% · 9.9 miMontgomery: 10% · 46.6 miChildersburg: 5% · 18.8 miAlexander City: 4% · 22.6 miHuntsville: 4% · 117.7 miBirmingham: 4% · 44.9 miStewartville: 4% · 4.7 miOak Grove: 3% · 11.7 miHomewood: 3% · 41.8 miHelena: 3% · 38 miSylacauga 13%Montgomery 10%Childersburg 5%Huntsville 4%Weogufka
WeogufkaTop destinations (size = commuters)
10%Under 10 mi8 residents
33%10–24 mi26 residents
38%25–50 mi30 residents
18%Over 50 mi14 residents

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.

Next door

Around Weogufka: the bordering towns

The biggest share goes to Stewartville (4%).

Jobs & commute next door

TownWeogufka workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Weogufka–———$67,917
Stewartville4%C+C−25 min$87,574

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Weogufka’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Weogufka: questions

What is the median household income in Weogufka?

$67,917 (±$54,727) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Weogufka?

9.2%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Weogufka work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sylacauga (13%, 10 mi), Montgomery (10%, 47 mi), Childersburg (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Weogufka 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 Weogufka, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Weogufka

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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.