Work & commute · Arley

Work & commute in Arley, AL

Most working residents leave Arley for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Huntsville (13%), Double Springs (8%) and Jasper (7%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 112 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 110 Arley residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 181 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arley.

110live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

181work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arley goes to work

Huntsville52.9 mi away

13%14

Double Springs11.1 mi away

8%9

Jasper15.8 mi away

7%8

Cullman22.7 mi away

6%7

Birmingham45 mi away

6%7

Decatur36.7 mi away

4%5

Addison9 mi away

4%4

Homewood48.7 mi away

3%3

Hoover53.8 mi away

3%3

Arley (in town)right here

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%50

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Arley commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

13%

36%

22%

29%

13%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arley is a job hub

1.63jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Arley are

183 jobs are based in Arley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Arley

183 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Arley residents hold

112 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+307%

Jobs based in Arley, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 183. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.