Work & commute · New Market

Work & commute in New Market, AL

Most working residents leave New Market for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Huntsville (55%), Madison (3%) and Decatur (2%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 651 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 636 New Market residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 202 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Market.

636live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

202work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Market goes to work

Huntsville19.6 mi away

55%357

Madison22.9 mi away

3%21

New Market (in town)right here

2%15

Decatur38.9 mi away

2%13

Birmingham96.7 mi away

2%11

Athens30.7 mi away

1%9

Hazel Green8.3 mi away

1%9

Meridianville8.8 mi away

1%8

Redstone Arsenal19.6 mi away

1%8

Cullman54.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%195

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

How far

How far New Market commutes

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

12%

60%

12%

16%

12%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Market is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Market are

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

Jobs based in New Market

217 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs New Market residents hold

651 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+70%

Jobs based in New Market, 2013 → 2023: 128 → 217. 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.