Work & commute · Gainesville

Work & commute in Gainesville, AL

Most working residents leave Gainesville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Livingston (12%), Tuscaloosa (9%) and De Kalb (5%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 57 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 55 Gainesville residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 41 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gainesville.

55live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

41work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gainesville goes to work

Livingston15.2 mi away

12%7

Tuscaloosa46.7 mi away

9%5

De Kalb, MS29 mi away

5%3

Gainesville (in town)right here

4%2

Aliceville21.3 mi away

4%2

Homewood89.9 mi away

4%2

Demopolis29.2 mi away

4%2

Huntsville155.5 mi away

4%2

Meridian, MS42.8 mi away

4%2

Vernon65.3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%29

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

How far

How far Gainesville commutes

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

24%

44%

7%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gainesville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.75jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gainesville are

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

Jobs based in Gainesville

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)98%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month51%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Gainesville residents hold

57 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month44%

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.