Work & commute · Red Bay

Work & commute in Red Bay, AL

About one in 3 of Red Bay’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Russellville (7%), Belmont (4%) and Tupelo (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

529 of 1,400 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 871 Red Bay residents head out of town to work, 529 work right here, and 2,257 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Red Bay.

871live here, work elsewhere

529live and work here

2,257work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Red Bay goes to work

Red Bay (in town)right here

38%529

Russellville23.8 mi away

7%93

Belmont, MS6.3 mi away

4%59

Tupelo, MS35.9 mi away

4%49

Sheffield33.4 mi away

2%29

Florence38.3 mi away

2%28

Huntsville85 mi away

2%27

Decatur66 mi away

2%27

Muscle Shoals35.6 mi away

2%22

Fulton, MS19.3 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%515

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

How far

How far Red Bay commutes

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

48%

11%

16%

25%

48%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Red Bay is a job hub

1.99jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Red Bay are

2,786 jobs are based in Red Bay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Red Bay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Red Bay

2,786 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)72%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Red Bay residents hold

1,400 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+21%

Jobs based in Red Bay, 2013 → 2023: 2,302 → 2,786. 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.