Work & commute · Tuscumbia

Work & commute in Tuscumbia, AL

Most working residents leave Tuscumbia for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Muscle Shoals (20%), Florence (18%) and Sheffield (9%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

307 of 3,360 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 3,053 Tuscumbia residents head out of town to work, 307 work right here, and 1,782 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tuscumbia.

3,053live here, work elsewhere

307live and work here

1,782work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tuscumbia goes to work

Muscle Shoals4.2 mi away

20%658

Florence8 mi away

18%605

Tuscumbia (in town)right here

9%307

Sheffield2.7 mi away

9%295

Huntsville58.3 mi away

6%187

Decatur41.7 mi away

3%102

Russellville14.8 mi away

2%63

Birmingham97.3 mi away

2%53

Athens42.9 mi away

1%32

Homewood100.9 mi away

1%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,035

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

How far

How far Tuscumbia commutes

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

61%

22%

61%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tuscumbia is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tuscumbia are

2,089 jobs are based in Tuscumbia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tuscumbia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tuscumbia

2,089 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Tuscumbia residents hold

3,360 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−23%

Jobs based in Tuscumbia, 2013 → 2023: 2,722 → 2,089. 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.