Work & commute · Whitesboro

Work & commute in Whitesboro, AL

Most working residents leave Whitesboro for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Albertville (19%), Boaz (15%) and Gadsden (9%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 741 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 737 Whitesboro residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitesboro.

737live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitesboro goes to work

Albertville10.9 mi away

19%144

Boaz5.8 mi away

15%109

Gadsden11.5 mi away

9%64

Birmingham61.3 mi away

5%39

Guntersville17.6 mi away

4%28

Huntsville50.7 mi away

3%21

Attalla13.1 mi away

2%18

Sardis City3.5 mi away

2%17

Rainbow City16.7 mi away

2%14

Montgomery126.4 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%276

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

How far

How far Whitesboro commutes

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

31%

32%

11%

26%

31%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitesboro is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitesboro are

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

Jobs based in Whitesboro

36 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Whitesboro residents hold

741 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−38%

Jobs based in Whitesboro, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 36. 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.