Work & commute · Scottsboro

Work & commute in Scottsboro, AL

43% of Scottsboro’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Huntsville (15%), Fort Payne (2%) and Chattanooga (2%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

2,653 of 6,207 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 3,554 Scottsboro residents head out of town to work, 2,653 work right here, and 6,730 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scottsboro.

3,554live here, work elsewhere

2,653live and work here

6,730work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scottsboro goes to work

Scottsboro (in town)right here

43%2,653

Huntsville35.9 mi away

15%914

Fort Payne24.2 mi away

2%143

Chattanooga, TN53.9 mi away

2%119

Rainsville15.9 mi away

2%108

Montgomery159.1 mi away

1%79

Birmingham88.3 mi away

1%78

Hollywood6.9 mi away

1%71

Gadsden44.1 mi away

1%63

Guntersville22.4 mi away

1%60

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,919

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

How far

How far Scottsboro commutes

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

47%

10%

25%

18%

47%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scottsboro is a job hub

1.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scottsboro are

9,383 jobs are based in Scottsboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Scottsboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Scottsboro

9,383 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Scottsboro residents hold

6,207 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−11%

Jobs based in Scottsboro, 2013 → 2023: 10,528 → 9,383. 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.