Work & commute · Falkville

Work & commute in Falkville, AL

Most working residents leave Falkville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Huntsville (18%), Decatur (15%) and Hartselle (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 453 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 437 Falkville residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 901 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Falkville.

437live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

901work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Falkville goes to work

Huntsville25.8 mi away

18%80

Decatur14.3 mi away

15%68

Hartselle4.7 mi away

9%41

Cullman14.4 mi away

9%41

Falkville (in town)right here

4%16

Athens28.1 mi away

3%12

Priceville10.7 mi away

2%10

Madison24.5 mi away

2%10

Birmingham59.1 mi away

2%9

Florence53 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%159

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

How far

How far Falkville commutes

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

19%

44%

22%

15%

19%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Falkville is a job hub

2.02jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Falkville are

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

Jobs based in Falkville

917 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Falkville residents hold

453 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+50%

Jobs based in Falkville, 2013 → 2023: 610 → 917. 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.