Work & commute · Jacksonville

Work & commute in Jacksonville, AL

Most working residents leave Jacksonville for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Anniston (19%), Oxford (7%) and Gadsden (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

812 of 4,245 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 3,433 Jacksonville residents head out of town to work, 812 work right here, and 2,964 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jacksonville.

3,433live here, work elsewhere

812live and work here

2,964work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jacksonville goes to work

Jacksonville (in town)right here

19%812

Anniston10 mi away

19%795

Oxford16.1 mi away

7%306

Gadsden20.2 mi away

5%223

Birmingham63 mi away

4%183

Huntsville80.8 mi away

2%71

Montgomery105.2 mi away

2%69

West End-Cobb Town13 mi away

1%45

Lincoln26.7 mi away

1%44

Talladega32.8 mi away

1%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,653

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

How far

How far Jacksonville commutes

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

29%

34%

29%

29%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jacksonville is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Jacksonville are

3,776 jobs are based in Jacksonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jacksonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jacksonville

3,776 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Jacksonville residents hold

4,245 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−7%

Jobs based in Jacksonville, 2013 → 2023: 4,067 → 3,776. 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.