Work & commute · Owens Cross Roads

Work & commute in Owens Cross Roads, AL

Most working residents leave Owens Cross Roads for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Huntsville (60%), Madison (4%) and Birmingham (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 1,112 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,081 Owens Cross Roads residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 393 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Owens Cross Roads.

1,081live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

393work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Owens Cross Roads goes to work

Huntsville14.8 mi away

60%669

Madison19.5 mi away

4%42

Owens Cross Roads (in town)right here

3%31

Birmingham75.7 mi away

2%22

Decatur30.4 mi away

2%21

New Hope4.1 mi away

2%17

Cullman35.8 mi away

1%15

Scottsboro23.5 mi away

1%12

Athens31.3 mi away

1%10

Hoover86.1 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%263

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

How far

How far Owens Cross Roads commutes

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

19%

60%

13%

19%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Owens Cross Roads is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Owens Cross Roads are

424 jobs are based in Owens Cross Roads. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Owens Cross Roads’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Owens Cross Roads

424 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Owens Cross Roads residents hold

1,112 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+25%

Jobs based in Owens Cross Roads, 2013 → 2023: 339 → 424. 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.