Work & commute · Russellville

Work & commute in Russellville, AL

About one in 4 of Russellville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Muscle Shoals (7%), Florence (5%) and Red Bay (3%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

831 of 3,550 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 2,719 Russellville residents head out of town to work, 831 work right here, and 3,616 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Russellville.

2,719live here, work elsewhere

831live and work here

3,616work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Russellville goes to work

Russellville (in town)right here

23%831

Muscle Shoals17.2 mi away

7%234

Florence22.7 mi away

5%190

Red Bay23.8 mi away

3%104

Decatur42.3 mi away

3%90

Birmingham86.1 mi away

2%84

Huntsville61.3 mi away

2%83

Sheffield17.5 mi away

2%63

Hackleburg17.3 mi away

1%46

Tuscaloosa88.6 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,783

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

How far

How far Russellville commutes

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

34%

26%

12%

28%

34%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Russellville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.25jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.25 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Russellville are

4,447 jobs are based in Russellville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Russellville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Russellville

4,447 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Russellville residents hold

3,550 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+14%

Jobs based in Russellville, 2013 → 2023: 3,900 → 4,447. 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.