Work & commute · Blountsville

Work & commute in Blountsville, AL

Most working residents leave Blountsville for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (13%), Cullman (7%) and Oneonta (6%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60 of 656 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 596 Blountsville residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 998 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blountsville.

596live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

998work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blountsville goes to work

Birmingham39.8 mi away

13%85

Blountsville (in town)right here

9%60

Cullman16.3 mi away

7%43

Oneonta10.4 mi away

6%39

Huntsville43.3 mi away

5%33

Cleveland5.3 mi away

3%20

Albertville25 mi away

2%14

Hoover50.1 mi away

2%14

Arab18.3 mi away

2%13

Decatur41.4 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%322

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

How far

How far Blountsville commutes

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

15%

28%

43%

14%

15%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blountsville is a job hub

1.61jobs 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 Blountsville are

1,058 jobs are based in Blountsville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blountsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blountsville

1,058 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Blountsville residents hold

656 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+11%

Jobs based in Blountsville, 2013 → 2023: 954 → 1,058. 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.