Work & commute · Stevenson

Work & commute in Stevenson, AL

Most working residents leave Stevenson for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Scottsboro (19%), Huntsville (9%) and Bridgeport (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

72 of 743 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 671 Stevenson residents head out of town to work, 72 work right here, and 709 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stevenson.

671live here, work elsewhere

72live and work here

709work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stevenson goes to work

Scottsboro20.9 mi away

19%144

Stevenson (in town)right here

10%72

Huntsville50.5 mi away

9%70

Bridgeport7.1 mi away

6%48

Chattanooga, TN34.5 mi away

4%29

South Pittsburg, TN10.6 mi away

3%21

Fort Payne30 mi away

2%16

Montgomery176.8 mi away

2%14

Birmingham109 mi away

2%13

Kimball, TN14.1 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%305

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

How far

How far Stevenson commutes

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

23%

33%

20%

24%

23%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stevenson is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stevenson are

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

Jobs based in Stevenson

781 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Stevenson residents hold

743 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+23%

Jobs based in Stevenson, 2013 → 2023: 636 → 781. 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.