Work & commute · Snead

Work & commute in Snead, AL

Most working residents leave Snead for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (9%), Oneonta (8%) and Albertville (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 494 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 466 Snead residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 361 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Snead.

466live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

361work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Snead goes to work

Birmingham46.9 mi away

9%42

Oneonta13 mi away

8%40

Albertville14.5 mi away

6%31

Snead (in town)right here

6%28

Blountsville11.4 mi away

5%24

Guntersville19.1 mi away

4%18

Gadsden22.8 mi away

3%17

Hoover56.6 mi away

3%13

Huntsville43.3 mi away

2%11

Homewood51.4 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%260

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

How far

How far Snead commutes

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

10%

39%

31%

20%

10%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Snead is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Snead are

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

Jobs based in Snead

389 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less29%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Snead residents hold

494 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+3%

Jobs based in Snead, 2013 → 2023: 379 → 389. 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.