Work & commute · Section

Work & commute in Section, AL

Most working residents leave Section for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Scottsboro (24%), Fort Payne (12%) and Huntsville (11%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 291 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 280 Section residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 230 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Section.

280live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

230work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Section goes to work

Scottsboro5.6 mi away

24%69

Fort Payne18.9 mi away

12%34

Huntsville40.1 mi away

11%31

Rainsville10.4 mi away

6%18

Section (in town)right here

4%11

Chattanooga, TN53.5 mi away

3%10

Montgomery155.2 mi away

2%7

Powell6 mi away

1%4

Guntersville21.2 mi away

1%4

Tuscaloosa128.4 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%99

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

How far

How far Section commutes

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

36%

25%

20%

19%

36%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Section is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Section are

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

Jobs based in Section

241 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Section residents hold

291 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+18%

Jobs based in Section, 2013 → 2023: 204 → 241. 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.