Work & commute · Leighton

Work & commute in Leighton, AL

Most working residents leave Leighton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Muscle Shoals (23%), Florence (10%) and Huntsville (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 240 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 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 236 Leighton residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leighton.

236live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leighton goes to work

Muscle Shoals7.3 mi away

23%54

Florence12.5 mi away

10%23

Huntsville48 mi away

8%19

Sheffield11 mi away

4%9

Tuscumbia10.5 mi away

4%9

Birmingham90.5 mi away

3%7

Athens33 mi away

3%6

Decatur31.3 mi away

3%6

Leighton (in town)right here

2%4

Madison43.1 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%99

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

How far

How far Leighton commutes

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

41%

20%

18%

21%

41%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leighton is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Leighton are

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

Jobs based in Leighton

65 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities54%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Leighton residents hold

240 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−36%

Jobs based in Leighton, 2013 → 2023: 101 → 65. 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.