Work & commute · Somerville

Work & commute in Somerville, AL

Most working residents leave Somerville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Huntsville (27%), Decatur (20%) and Madison (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 315 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 310 Somerville residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 65 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Somerville.

310live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

65work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Somerville goes to work

Huntsville17.2 mi away

27%86

Decatur13.5 mi away

20%62

Madison16.9 mi away

5%16

Hartselle8.7 mi away

5%15

Cullman20.2 mi away

2%7

Athens23.6 mi away

2%7

Birmingham64.9 mi away

2%7

Somerville (in town)right here

2%5

Trinity18.8 mi away

1%4

Priceville6.7 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%102

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

How far

How far Somerville commutes

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

16%

65%

16%

16%Under 10 mi

65%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Somerville is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.22 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Somerville are

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

Jobs based in Somerville

70 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Somerville residents hold

315 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−36%

Jobs based in Somerville, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 70. 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.