Work & commute · Guntersville

Work & commute in Guntersville, AL

About one in 5 of Guntersville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Albertville (15%), Huntsville (13%) and Birmingham (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

696 of 3,471 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 2,775 Guntersville residents head out of town to work, 696 work right here, and 7,131 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Guntersville.

2,775live here, work elsewhere

696live and work here

7,131work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Guntersville goes to work

Guntersville (in town)right here

20%696

Albertville7.6 mi away

15%516

Huntsville33.2 mi away

13%445

Birmingham65.9 mi away

4%126

Boaz12.9 mi away

3%117

Arab14.4 mi away

2%75

Hoover75.7 mi away

2%57

Gadsden28.4 mi away

2%53

Scottsboro22.4 mi away

1%45

Madison37.5 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,299

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

How far

How far Guntersville commutes

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

40%

13%

25%

22%

40%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Guntersville is a job hub

2.25jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Guntersville are

7,827 jobs are based in Guntersville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Guntersville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Guntersville

7,827 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Guntersville residents hold

3,471 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+7%

Jobs based in Guntersville, 2013 → 2023: 7,282 → 7,827. 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.