Cherokee Ridge has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
There are 102 jobs in Cherokee Ridge, against 206 working residents. Hardly any stay in Cherokee Ridge for work; outside it, Huntsville is the main destination (41%, 20 miles). Commuters spend 18 minutes getting to work on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Cherokee Ridge
41% of Cherokee Ridge works in Huntsville
84 working residents, 41%, have their main job in Huntsville, 20 miles away. That’s far more as work in Cherokee Ridge itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Cherokee Ridge are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 26 across Alabama. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Alabama worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 206 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Cherokee Ridge goes to work
Where Cherokee Ridge clocks in
41% of workers
9% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A commute of about 18 minutes in Cherokee Ridge
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cherokee Ridge workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 203 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
A workday in Cherokee Ridge: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 206 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Cherokee Ridge on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
In Cherokee Ridge, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cherokee Ridge, 2014 → 2024: 16 → 102. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cherokee Ridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Cherokee Ridge commutes less than 22 miles
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Cherokee Ridge: questions
What is the median household income in Cherokee Ridge?
$171,368 (±$6,931) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cherokee Ridge?
1.7%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cherokee Ridge?
18 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cherokee Ridge work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huntsville (41%, 20 mi), Arab (9%, 7 mi), Birmingham (4%, 63 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Cherokee Ridge without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cherokee Ridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cherokee Ridge
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.