Work & commute · Valley Head

Work & commute in Valley Head, AL

Most working residents leave Valley Head for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Payne (38%), Montgomery (5%) and Chattanooga (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 213 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

50 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 208 Valley Head residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 192 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Valley Head.

208live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

192work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Valley Head goes to work

Fort Payne7.8 mi away

38%80

Montgomery157 mi away

5%11

Chattanooga, TN41.1 mi away

5%10

Rainsville12.9 mi away

4%8

Huntsville60.7 mi away

3%7

Valley Head (in town)right here

2%5

Hammondville1.2 mi away

2%5

Gadsden44.1 mi away

2%5

Scottsboro24.9 mi away

2%5

Mentone2 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%73

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

How far

How far Valley Head commutes

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

34%

27%

14%

25%

34%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Valley Head is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Valley Head are

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

Jobs based in Valley Head

197 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Valley Head residents hold

213 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−60%

Jobs based in Valley Head, 2013 → 2023: 488 → 197. 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.