Work & commute · Moulton

Work & commute in Moulton, AL

Most working residents leave Moulton for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Decatur (20%), Huntsville (12%) and Florence (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

168 of 1,244 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 1,076 Moulton residents head out of town to work, 168 work right here, and 2,206 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moulton.

1,076live here, work elsewhere

168live and work here

2,206work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moulton goes to work

Decatur17.6 mi away

20%248

Moulton (in town)right here

14%168

Huntsville37.4 mi away

12%144

Florence32 mi away

3%33

Muscle Shoals26.6 mi away

2%31

Birmingham72 mi away

2%27

Athens27.7 mi away

2%24

Hartselle19.8 mi away

2%20

Madison33.3 mi away

2%20

Cullman33.1 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%510

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

How far

How far Moulton commutes

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

18%

37%

28%

17%

18%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moulton is a job hub

1.91jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moulton are

2,374 jobs are based in Moulton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moulton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Moulton

2,374 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Moulton residents hold

1,244 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+2%

Jobs based in Moulton, 2013 → 2023: 2,322 → 2,374. 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.