Work & commute · Oneonta

Work & commute in Oneonta, AL

About one in 5 of Oneonta’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (16%), Huntsville (3%) and Trussville (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

522 of 2,630 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 2,108 Oneonta residents head out of town to work, 522 work right here, and 3,247 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Oneonta.

2,108live here, work elsewhere

522live and work here

3,247work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Oneonta goes to work

Oneonta (in town)right here

20%522

Birmingham34 mi away

16%415

Huntsville52.9 mi away

3%84

Trussville20.6 mi away

3%69

Blountsville10.4 mi away

3%66

Hoover43.6 mi away

2%63

Homewood38.4 mi away

2%56

Vestavia Hills36.4 mi away

2%42

Cullman25.6 mi away

2%41

Gadsden27.5 mi away

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%1,233

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

How far

How far Oneonta commutes

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

25%

14%

42%

19%

25%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Oneonta is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Oneonta are

3,769 jobs are based in Oneonta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oneonta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oneonta

3,769 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Oneonta residents hold

2,630 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+4%

Jobs based in Oneonta, 2013 → 2023: 3,636 → 3,769. 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.