Work & commute · Crossville

Work & commute in Crossville, AL

Most working residents leave Crossville for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Albertville (20%), Boaz (6%) and Gadsden (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

53 of 712 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 659 Crossville residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 680 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Crossville.

659live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

680work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Crossville goes to work

Albertville12.1 mi away

20%145

Crossville (in town)right here

7%53

Boaz10.5 mi away

6%42

Gadsden19.1 mi away

6%41

Fort Payne21.4 mi away

6%41

Guntersville15.6 mi away

6%40

Huntsville48 mi away

6%40

Rainsville17.3 mi away

4%27

Geraldine5.3 mi away

3%23

Chattanooga, TN68.9 mi away

3%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%242

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

How far

How far Crossville commutes

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

20%

50%

11%

19%

20%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Crossville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Crossville are

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

Jobs based in Crossville

733 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Crossville residents hold

712 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+7%

Jobs based in Crossville, 2013 → 2023: 686 → 733. 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.