Work & commute · Geraldine

Work & commute in Geraldine, AL

Most working residents leave Geraldine for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Albertville (18%), Guntersville (10%) and Boaz (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 323 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 312 Geraldine residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 484 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Geraldine.

312live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

484work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Geraldine goes to work

Albertville13.6 mi away

18%57

Guntersville14.3 mi away

10%33

Boaz14 mi away

7%23

Crossville5.3 mi away

6%18

Fort Payne19.1 mi away

5%17

Rainsville13.3 mi away

5%15

Huntsville44.9 mi away

4%12

Geraldine (in town)right here

3%11

Scottsboro19.8 mi away

3%9

Collinsville10 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%121

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

How far

How far Geraldine commutes

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

16%

57%

18%

16%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Geraldine is a job hub

1.53jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Geraldine are

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

Jobs based in Geraldine

495 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Geraldine residents hold

323 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+56%

Jobs based in Geraldine, 2013 → 2023: 317 → 495. 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.