Work & commute · Locust Fork

Work & commute in Locust Fork, AL

Most working residents leave Locust Fork for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (27%), Oneonta (4%) and Huntsville (4%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 498 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 490 Locust Fork residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 286 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Locust Fork.

490live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

286work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Locust Fork goes to work

Birmingham25.6 mi away

27%132

Oneonta10.2 mi away

4%20

Huntsville56.7 mi away

4%19

Tarrant20.8 mi away

3%16

Trussville16 mi away

3%15

Homewood30.4 mi away

3%14

Hoover35.9 mi away

2%12

Vestavia Hills29.1 mi away

2%10

Cleveland10 mi away

2%9

Cullman23.5 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%242

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

How far

How far Locust Fork commutes

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

10%

30%

43%

17%

10%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Locust Fork is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Locust Fork are

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

Jobs based in Locust Fork

294 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Locust Fork residents hold

498 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+8%

Jobs based in Locust Fork, 2013 → 2023: 272 → 294. 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.