Work & commute · Heflin

Work & commute in Heflin, AL

Most working residents leave Heflin for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Anniston (11%), Oxford (7%) and Carrollton (3%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

240 of 1,404 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 1,164 Heflin residents head out of town to work, 240 work right here, and 1,139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Heflin.

1,164live here, work elsewhere

240live and work here

1,139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Heflin goes to work

Heflin (in town)right here

17%240

Anniston14 mi away

11%152

Oxford17.6 mi away

7%99

Carrollton, GA28.3 mi away

3%47

Birmingham71.1 mi away

3%46

Gadsden35.7 mi away

2%26

Villa Rica, GA37.9 mi away

2%22

Pell City40.4 mi away

1%19

Huntsville96.3 mi away

1%17

Montgomery98.4 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%719

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

How far

How far Heflin commutes

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

24%

26%

17%

33%

24%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Heflin is balanced between jobs and homes

0.98jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.98 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Heflin are

1,379 jobs are based in Heflin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Heflin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Heflin

1,379 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Heflin residents hold

1,404 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+11%

Jobs based in Heflin, 2013 → 2023: 1,241 → 1,379. 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.