Work & commute · Hurtsboro

Work & commute in Hurtsboro, AL

Most working residents leave Hurtsboro for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Columbus (15%), Auburn (13%) and Opelika (9%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 139 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 136 Hurtsboro residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hurtsboro.

136live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hurtsboro goes to work

Columbus, GA36.7 mi away

15%21

Auburn25.7 mi away

13%18

Opelika29.1 mi away

9%13

Phenix City26.8 mi away

6%8

Montgomery50.4 mi away

4%6

LaGrange, GA58.6 mi away

4%6

Hurtsboro (in town)right here

2%3

Enterprise68.1 mi away

2%3

Troy44.3 mi away

2%3

Union Springs18.9 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%56

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

How far

How far Hurtsboro commutes

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

15%

52%

28%

4%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

52%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hurtsboro is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hurtsboro are

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

Jobs based in Hurtsboro

49 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less39%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month12%

Jobs Hurtsboro residents hold

139 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−11%

Jobs based in Hurtsboro, 2013 → 2023: 55 → 49. 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.