Work & commute · Harvest

Work & commute in Harvest, AL

Most working residents leave Harvest for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Huntsville (58%), Madison (8%) and Athens (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 2,571 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,541 Harvest residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 496 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harvest.

2,541live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

496work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harvest goes to work

Huntsville11.9 mi away

58%1,479

Madison10 mi away

8%216

Athens12 mi away

3%77

Decatur23.5 mi away

3%66

Birmingham91.8 mi away

2%45

Redstone Arsenal13.8 mi away

1%36

Harvest (in town)right here

1%30

Hoover102.3 mi away

1%28

Montgomery175.5 mi away

1%20

Cullman47.1 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%558

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

How far

How far Harvest commutes

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

29%

54%

13%

29%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harvest is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.20 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Harvest are

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

Jobs based in Harvest

526 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Harvest residents hold

2,571 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+78%

Jobs based in Harvest, 2013 → 2023: 296 → 526. 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.