Work & commute · Hanceville

Work & commute in Hanceville, AL

Most working residents leave Hanceville for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Cullman (20%), Birmingham (9%) and Huntsville (6%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

74 of 1,267 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,193 Hanceville residents head out of town to work, 74 work right here, and 1,483 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hanceville.

1,193live here, work elsewhere

74live and work here

1,483work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hanceville goes to work

Cullman8.9 mi away

20%258

Birmingham37.1 mi away

9%118

Hanceville (in town)right here

6%74

Huntsville44.1 mi away

6%70

Good Hope6.7 mi away

3%42

Decatur37.4 mi away

2%24

Homewood41.9 mi away

2%20

Dodge City7 mi away

1%19

Hoover47.7 mi away

1%17

Garden City3.5 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%614

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

How far

How far Hanceville commutes

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

37%

12%

35%

16%

37%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hanceville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hanceville are

1,557 jobs are based in Hanceville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hanceville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hanceville

1,557 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Hanceville residents hold

1,267 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+9%

Jobs based in Hanceville, 2013 → 2023: 1,431 → 1,557. 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.