Work & commute · Killen

Work & commute in Killen, AL

Most working residents leave Killen for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Florence (28%), Muscle Shoals (10%) and Sheffield (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 357 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 346 Killen residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 528 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Killen.

346live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

528work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Killen goes to work

Florence7.8 mi away

28%101

Muscle Shoals10.1 mi away

10%37

Sheffield11.9 mi away

5%17

Huntsville49.7 mi away

5%17

Killen (in town)right here

3%11

Decatur36.5 mi away

3%11

Athens33.2 mi away

2%7

Rogersville14.1 mi away

1%5

Russellville27 mi away

1%5

Tuscumbia13.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%142

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

How far

How far Killen commutes

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

50%

18%

13%

19%

50%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Killen is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Killen are

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

Jobs based in Killen

539 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Killen residents hold

357 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+29%

Jobs based in Killen, 2013 → 2023: 417 → 539. 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.