Work & commute · Spruce Pine

Work & commute in Spruce Pine, AL

Most working residents leave Spruce Pine for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Russellville (25%), Muscle Shoals (6%) and Florence (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 110 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 109 Spruce Pine residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Spruce Pine.

109live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

31work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Spruce Pine goes to work

Russellville7.8 mi away

25%27

Muscle Shoals24.8 mi away

6%7

Florence30.4 mi away

5%5

Hackleburg10.3 mi away

3%3

Gadsden101.5 mi away

3%3

Hamilton22.3 mi away

3%3

Huntsville63.5 mi away

3%3

Birmingham80.2 mi away

3%3

Decatur43.9 mi away

3%3

Sheffield25.2 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%51

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

How far

How far Spruce Pine commutes

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

38%

19%

18%

26%

38%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Spruce Pine is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Spruce Pine are

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

Jobs based in Spruce Pine

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)97%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month59%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Spruce Pine residents hold

110 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+300%

Jobs based in Spruce Pine, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 32. 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.