Work & commute · Henagar

Work & commute in Henagar, AL

Most working residents leave Henagar for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Payne (28%), Rainsville (7%) and Scottsboro (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46 of 879 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 833 Henagar residents head out of town to work, 46 work right here, and 369 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Henagar.

833live here, work elsewhere

46live and work here

369work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Henagar goes to work

Fort Payne12.2 mi away

28%248

Rainsville11.2 mi away

7%64

Scottsboro18.1 mi away

7%60

Chattanooga, TN40.7 mi away

6%52

Henagar (in town)right here

5%46

Huntsville53.9 mi away

5%43

Ider6.1 mi away

1%13

Trenton, GA21 mi away

1%12

Pisgah7.5 mi away

1%10

Hammondville6.8 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%321

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

How far

How far Henagar commutes

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

18%

45%

17%

20%

18%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Henagar is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Henagar are

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

Jobs based in Henagar

415 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Henagar residents hold

879 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−12%

Jobs based in Henagar, 2013 → 2023: 469 → 415. 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.