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Our strong communities and diverse and growing population keep Macon County on rise.
With a large laborshed and high education standards, Macon’s strength is its people.

Transportation and Logistics

The Macon County Laborshed has over 90 shipping companies, many warehousing and storage locations, and a perfect location for freight, rail, air, and shipping transports. With over 300% more warehousing and storage than the US average, we have the expertise to store and ship anything.

Featured Site for Transportation/Logistics: CSX Select Site

This 277 acre site, situated at the exit 38 interchange of I85, just north of Moton Field, and CSX Class 1 rail service on-site, offers unparalleled access to interstate, rail, and air transport. Located in the center of the Southeast Automotive Corridor, with Atlanta to the east and Montgomery/I65 to the west, this location is ideal for transportation/logistics industry development.

Macon County’s CSX Select Site is officially designated, and one of only three in Alabama. This certification criteria include size, access to rail services, proximity to highways, workforce availability, natural gas, electricity, water and wastewater, environmental and geo-technical standards. Visit here for complete documentation, maps, and conceptual layouts of the site.

Area Transportation and Logistics Companies

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  • Provides logistics support and distribute automotive parts between Hyundai, Kia and automotive suppliers
  • 40,000 square-foot facility in Macon County receives, quality-tests, inventories, and distributes auto parts and components

CSX Logistics

  • One of the nation’s leading transportation suppliers
  • Provide rail-based transportation services including traditional rail service and the transport of intermodal containers and trailers

Swift Transportation

  • One of the largest common carriers in the United States, with over 16,000 trucks in service
  • Truckload carrier services

JB Hunt Transportation

  • Multinational trucking and transportation company
  • Partnered with railroads for intermodal service

XPO Logistics

  • US transportation and logistics services company
  • Second-largest provider of freight brokerage and contract logistics services

Werner Enterprises

  • American freight carrier and logistics company
  • Ships throughout the US, Canada, Mexico, Asia, Europe, South America, Africa and Australia

Transportation Services Inc.

  • Multi-state rail transportation service provider with AAR M-1003 certified shops enabling heavy repair and specialty work
  • Shipping and rail transportation services

Cooke Transport Services

  • Coast-to-coast service includes Air Ride refrigerated trucks, truckload and Less-Than-Truckload services
  • Established 1958

Watkins Trucking

  • Family-owned flatbed trucking company
  • Over 70 years of service

Our Companies

General Warehousing and Storage Companies
0 % More

Than the US National Average

Other Warehousing and Storage Companies
0 % More

Than the US National Average

Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services
0 % More

Than the US National Average

Education

Tuskegee University

  • Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management Degree program
  • An average of 5 students graduate annually in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Auburn University

  • 2 Logistics, Materials, And Supply Chain Management Degree programs
  • An average of 110 students graduate annually in Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Our Workforce

Crane and Tower Operators
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Auto Technicians and Mechanics
0
Light Truck / Delivery Drivers
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Transportation and Logistics Companies in our Laborshed

  • 60 General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload
  • 34 General Warehousing and Storage
  • 33 General Freight Trucking, Local
  • 32 Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services
  • 28 Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance
  • 21 General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Less Than Truckload
  • 18 Couriers and Express Delivery Services
  • 13 Used Household and Office Goods Moving
  • 10 Other Support Activities for Road Transportation
  • 9 Other Warehousing and Storage
  • >9 Freight Transportation Arrangement
  • >8 Local Messengers and Local Delivery
  • >6 Pipeline Transportation of Natural Gas
  • >4 All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
  • >4 Other Airport Operations
  • >4 Other Support Activities for Air Transportation
  • >3 Charter Bus Industry
  • >2 Support Activities for Rail Transportation
  • >2 Nonscheduled Chartered Passenger Air Transportation
  • >2 Refrigerated Warehousing and Storage
  • >1 Other Nonscheduled Air Transportation
  • >1 Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation
  • >1 Interurban and Rural Bus Transportation
  • >1 Pipeline Transportation of Refined Petroleum Products
  • >1 Farm Product Warehousing and Storage
  • >1 Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation, Land
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Transportation and Logistics Companies vs US Average

  • 230% more Other Warehousing and Storage
  • 87% more General Warehousing and Storage
  • 46% more Charter Bus Industry
  • 26% more Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services
  • 23% more Other Support Activities for Road Transportation
  • 8% more Used Household and Office Goods Moving
  • 6% more Couriers and Express Delivery Services
  • 3% more All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation

Skilled Labor in our Laborshed

  • 6,761 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
  • 3,286 Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
  • 2,377 Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
  • 1,874 Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers
  • 1,495 Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
  • 1,323 Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
  • 981 First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
  • 799 Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
  • 772 Billing and Posting Clerks
  • 649 Driver/Sales Workers
  • 500 First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators
  • 407 Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
  • 277 Data Entry Keyers
  • 266 Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
  • 260 Couriers and Messengers
  • 238 Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
  • 185 Administrative Services Managers
  • 115 Logisticians
  • 103 Transportation Inspectors
  • 94 Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other
  • 64 Rail Car Repairers
  • 56 Cargo and Freight Agents
  • 50 Crane and Tower Operators
  • 35 Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technician
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Skilled Labor Vs US Average

  • 230% more Other Warehousing and Storage
  • 87% more General Warehousing and Storage
  • 85% more Transportation Inspectors
  • 53% more Rail Car Repairers
  • 47% more Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
  • 46% more Charter Bus Industry
  • 39% more Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
  • 36% more Couriers and Messengers
  • 31% more First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators
  • 26% more Process, Physical Distribution, and Logistics Consulting Services
  • 23% more Other Support Activities for Road Transportation
  • 15% more First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
  • 14% more Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
  • 12% more Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers
  • 9% more Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
  • 8% more Used Household and Office Goods Moving
  • 6% more Couriers and Express Delivery Services
  • 3% more All Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation
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Growth Occupations

  • 25 more Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other
  • 21 more Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
  • 18 more Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
  • 16 more Couriers and Messengers
  • 16 more Rail Car Repairers
  • 14 more Crane and Tower Operators
  • 12 more Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers
  • 11 more First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators
  • 10 more Driver/Sales Workers
  • 9 more Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
  • 9 more Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
  • 7 more Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
  • 6 more Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
  • 6 more Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
  • 5 more Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
  • 5 more Billing and Posting Clerks
  • 5 more First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
  • 5 more Transportation Inspectors
  • 4 more Logisticians
  • 3 more Data Entry Keyers
  • 2 more Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
  • 2 more Cargo and Freight Agents
  • 1 more Administrative Services Managers
  • 1 more Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
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Targeted Sectors - Reading This Data

Our Laborshed:

The Macon County labor shed includes a 8 county area surrounding Macon County. This area contains a total population of 665,940.

How to Read This Data:

The company and labor data for this sector are derived from our labor shed area, as defined above.

The data points are presented several ways:

  1. The number of companies supporting a given sector in our labor shed, stated as an empirical value.
  2. A comparison of the numbers of these companies in our labor shed vs the US average, stated as a percentage.
  3. Skilled labor (SICS) supporting a given sector in our labor shed, stated as an empirical value.
  4. A comparison of the numbers of skilled laborers by skill classification in our labor shed vs the US average, stated as a percentage.
  5. Growth occupations in our labor shed over a given number of years, stated as a percentage.


This data is provided by the University of Southern Mississippi’s Economic Development Research Center.