Work & commute · Town Creek

Work & commute in Town Creek, AL

Most working residents leave Town Creek for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Decatur (14%), Huntsville (13%) and Muscle Shoals (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 395 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 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 387 Town Creek residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 141 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Town Creek.

387live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

141work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Town Creek goes to work

Decatur24.7 mi away

14%57

Huntsville41.6 mi away

13%53

Muscle Shoals13.8 mi away

7%27

Florence18.1 mi away

5%20

Moulton14.5 mi away

4%15

Courtland4.5 mi away

2%9

Birmingham86.4 mi away

2%9

Town Creek (in town)right here

2%8

Sheffield17.5 mi away

2%6

Madison36.8 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%185

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

How far

How far Town Creek commutes

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

44%

27%

21%

7%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Town Creek is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Town Creek are

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

Jobs based in Town Creek

149 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Town Creek residents hold

395 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+75%

Jobs based in Town Creek, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 149. 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.