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Work & commute in Hissop · A commuter town

100% of Hissop’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Hissop for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Montgomery (17%), Alexander City (14%) and Birmingham (6%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Work in town
0%
0 of 86 working residents
Typical commute
36 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
0%
Less than AL (9%)
Jobs based here
1
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Hissop?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

17% of working residents work in Montgomery

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Rockford: 3 residents work here (3%)Goodwater: 3 residents work here (3%)Wetumpka: 2 residents work here (2%)Sylacauga: 2 residents work here (2%)Alexander City: 12 residents work here (14%)Pelham: 2 residents work here (2%)Huntsville: 3 residents work here (3%)Hoover: 3 residents work here (3%)Birmingham: 5 residents work here (6%)Montgomery: 15 residents work here (17%)NixburgHissopMontgomeryAlexander CityBirminghamRockfordGoodwaterHuntsvilleHissop
1
Montgomery38.3 mi away
17%15
2
Alexander City11.1 mi away
14%12
3
Birmingham58.5 mi away
6%5
4
Rockford4.6 mi away
3%3
5
Goodwater12.6 mi away
3%3
6
Huntsville128.7 mi away
3%3
7
Hoover51.7 mi away
3%3
8
Wetumpka24.5 mi away
2%2
9
Sylacauga22.2 mi away
2%2
10
Pelham46.2 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%36
The top trips

Where Hissop clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Day and night

Hissop quiets down on a workday

On a workday 86 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

86live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night210
Workday120
210live here− 86head out to work+ 1come in to work= 120on a workday

About 120 people are in Hissop on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.01jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Hissop commutes less than 36 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miMontgomery: 17% · 38.3 miAlexander City: 14% · 11.1 miBirmingham: 6% · 58.5 miRockford: 3% · 4.6 miGoodwater: 3% · 12.6 miHuntsville: 3% · 128.7 miHoover: 3% · 51.7 miWetumpka: 2% · 24.5 miSylacauga: 2% · 22.2 miPelham: 2% · 46.2 miMontgomery 17%Alexander City 14%Birmingham 6%Rockford 3%Goodwater 3%Hissop
HissopTop destinations (size = commuters)
8%Under 10 mi7 residents
26%10–24 mi22 residents
38%25–50 mi33 residents
28%Over 50 mi24 residents

About 28% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in HissopJobs Hissop residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%22%
Trade, transport & utilities0%20%
Services: health, schools, offices100%58%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%26%
$1,251–$3,333 a month100%33%
Over $3,333 a month0%42%

Who does it

29 or younger0%17%
30 to 54100%58%
55 and older0%24%

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

Working from home in Hissop

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
0%

of Hissop workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
Next door

Hissop and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Hissop’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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