Work & commute · Good Hope

Work & commute in Good Hope, AL

Most working residents leave Good Hope for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Cullman (27%), Birmingham (9%) and Huntsville (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

57 of 963 working residents

Typical commute

16 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 906 Good Hope residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 2,030 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Good Hope.

906live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

2,030work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Good Hope goes to work

Cullman4.8 mi away

27%260

Birmingham40.5 mi away

9%84

Huntsville42 mi away

6%58

Good Hope (in town)right here

6%57

Decatur32.7 mi away

3%26

Hoover50.9 mi away

2%21

Hanceville6.7 mi away

2%18

South Vinemont8.6 mi away

1%14

West Point10.5 mi away

1%12

Hartselle23.2 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%401

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

How far

How far Good Hope commutes

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

46%

10%

30%

14%

46%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Good Hope is a job hub

2.17jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Good Hope are

2,087 jobs are based in Good Hope. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Good Hope’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Good Hope

2,087 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)50%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Good Hope residents hold

963 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+24%

Jobs based in Good Hope, 2013 → 2023: 1,689 → 2,087. 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.