Work & commute · Florence

Work & commute in Florence, AL

41% of Florence’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Muscle Shoals (11%), Huntsville (6%) and Sheffield (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41%

5,656 of 13,844 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 8,188 Florence residents head out of town to work, 5,656 work right here, and 16,986 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Florence.

8,188live here, work elsewhere

5,656live and work here

16,986work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Florence goes to work

Florence (in town)right here

41%5,656

Muscle Shoals6.2 mi away

11%1,471

Huntsville56.7 mi away

6%884

Sheffield5.4 mi away

4%505

Decatur42.1 mi away

2%312

Birmingham102.7 mi away

2%257

Tuscumbia8 mi away

1%201

Athens40.5 mi away

1%158

Montgomery189.3 mi away

1%135

Homewood106.6 mi away

1%121

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%4,144

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

How far

How far Florence commutes

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

63%

25%

63%Under 10 mi

4%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Florence is a job hub

1.64jobs 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 Florence are

22,642 jobs are based in Florence. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Florence’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Florence

22,642 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Florence residents hold

13,844 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+4%

Jobs based in Florence, 2013 → 2023: 21,858 → 22,642. 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.