Work & commute · Powell

Work & commute in Powell, AL

Most working residents leave Powell for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Payne (15%), Rainsville (11%) and Huntsville (11%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

45 of 394 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 349 Powell residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 356 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Powell.

349live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

356work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Powell goes to work

Fort Payne12.9 mi away

15%60

Powell (in town)right here

11%45

Rainsville4.4 mi away

11%44

Huntsville45.7 mi away

11%43

Scottsboro11.5 mi away

9%36

Chattanooga, TN52.1 mi away

4%15

Henagar11.7 mi away

3%11

Albertville25.8 mi away

2%9

Guntersville23.2 mi away

2%7

Montgomery152.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%118

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

How far

How far Powell commutes

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

30%

31%

22%

17%

30%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Powell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Powell are

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

Jobs based in Powell

401 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Powell residents hold

394 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−2%

Jobs based in Powell, 2013 → 2023: 408 → 401. 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.