Work & commute · Pisgah

Work & commute in Pisgah, AL

Most working residents leave Pisgah for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Scottsboro (16%), Fort Payne (14%) and Huntsville (7%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 267 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 255 Pisgah residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pisgah.

255live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

163work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pisgah goes to work

Scottsboro11.8 mi away

16%42

Fort Payne18 mi away

14%37

Huntsville47.2 mi away

7%20

Rainsville13.1 mi away

5%14

Pisgah (in town)right here

4%12

Hollywood7.2 mi away

2%6

Henagar7.5 mi away

2%5

Gadsden47.8 mi away

2%5

Birmingham96.7 mi away

1%4

Bridgeport19.6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%119

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

How far

How far Pisgah commutes

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

14%

50%

16%

19%

14%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pisgah is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pisgah are

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

Jobs based in Pisgah

175 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Pisgah residents hold

267 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+1%

Jobs based in Pisgah, 2013 → 2023: 174 → 175. 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.