Work & commute · Boaz

Work & commute in Boaz, AL

Most working residents leave Boaz for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Albertville (25%), Guntersville (7%) and Gadsden (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

615 of 3,677 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 3,062 Boaz residents head out of town to work, 615 work right here, and 4,478 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boaz.

3,062live here, work elsewhere

615live and work here

4,478work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boaz goes to work

Albertville5.5 mi away

25%912

Boaz (in town)right here

17%615

Guntersville12.9 mi away

7%259

Gadsden15.5 mi away

5%189

Huntsville45.5 mi away

4%158

Birmingham59.4 mi away

3%108

Hoover68.3 mi away

2%59

Fort Payne31.9 mi away

1%40

Decatur54.2 mi away

1%37

Montgomery128.1 mi away

1%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,265

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

How far

How far Boaz commutes

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

48%

17%

14%

21%

48%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boaz is balanced between jobs and homes

1.39jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.39 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Boaz are

5,093 jobs are based in Boaz. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boaz’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Boaz

5,093 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Boaz residents hold

3,677 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−14%

Jobs based in Boaz, 2013 → 2023: 5,919 → 5,093. 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.