Work & commute · Hartselle

Work & commute in Hartselle, AL

Most working residents leave Hartselle for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Decatur (21%), Huntsville (20%) and Cullman (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

975 of 6,637 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 5,662 Hartselle residents head out of town to work, 975 work right here, and 4,450 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hartselle.

5,662live here, work elsewhere

975live and work here

4,450work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hartselle goes to work

Decatur9.6 mi away

21%1,424

Huntsville23.3 mi away

20%1,321

Hartselle (in town)right here

15%975

Cullman19.1 mi away

3%210

Madison21.2 mi away

3%176

Birmingham63.6 mi away

2%124

Athens23.7 mi away

2%122

Priceville7 mi away

1%88

Falkville4.7 mi away

1%87

Florence49.1 mi away

1%78

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%2,032

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

How far

How far Hartselle commutes

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

29%

38%

19%

15%

29%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hartselle is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hartselle are

5,425 jobs are based in Hartselle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hartselle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hartselle

5,425 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Hartselle residents hold

6,637 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+53%

Jobs based in Hartselle, 2013 → 2023: 3,543 → 5,425. 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.