Work & commute · Hobson

Work & commute in Hobson, AL

Most working residents leave Hobson for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Anniston (22%), Oxford (17%) and Birmingham (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 238 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 237 Hobson residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hobson.

237live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

134work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hobson goes to work

Anniston4.3 mi away

22%52

Oxford2 mi away

17%41

Birmingham55.1 mi away

5%11

Lincoln16.4 mi away

4%9

Talladega19.5 mi away

4%9

Montgomery91.1 mi away

4%9

Pell City24.4 mi away

3%8

Gadsden28.5 mi away

3%8

Fort Payne58.6 mi away

2%4

Auburn72.9 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%83

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

How far

How far Hobson commutes

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

47%

17%

10%

26%

47%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hobson is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hobson are

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

Jobs based in Hobson

135 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Hobson residents hold

238 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+85%

Jobs based in Hobson, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 135. 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.