Work & commute · Hazel Green

Work & commute in Hazel Green, AL

Most working residents leave Hazel Green for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Huntsville (57%), Madison (5%) and Decatur (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 1,757 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,724 Hazel Green residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 950 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hazel Green.

1,724live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

950work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hazel Green goes to work

Huntsville16.8 mi away

57%1,009

Madison18.4 mi away

5%86

Decatur34.1 mi away

2%37

Hazel Green (in town)right here

2%33

Birmingham97.4 mi away

2%30

Meridianville3.3 mi away

2%29

Redstone Arsenal17.7 mi away

1%26

Fayetteville, TN15.7 mi away

1%23

Athens23.8 mi away

1%22

Montgomery178.8 mi away

1%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%446

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

How far

How far Hazel Green commutes

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

12%

67%

15%

12%Under 10 mi

67%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hazel Green is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hazel Green are

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

Jobs based in Hazel Green

983 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Hazel Green residents hold

1,757 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+62%

Jobs based in Hazel Green, 2013 → 2023: 605 → 983. 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.