Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Jobs and earnings in Fyffe, and the trip to work
For 1% of workers, the job is at home (Alabama 9%). Only 4% stay in Fyffe for work; outside it, Fort Payne is the main destination (24%, 12 miles). The trip to work takes 29 minutes on average, where Alabama has 26 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Fyffe
On a workday 358 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 424 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Fyffe: the destinations
Where Fyffe clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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.
What work there is in Fyffe: 437 jobs
437 jobs are based in Fyffe.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fyffe, 2013 → 2023: 443 → 437. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fyffe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Fyffe’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fyffe workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 432 commuters (the 1% 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.
The distance from Fyffe to work
About 19% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Fyffe compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fyffe workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fyffe | – | — | — | 29 min | $34,870 |
| Shiloh | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Shiloh: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fyffe’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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 Fyffe: questions
What is the median household income in Fyffe?
$34,870 (±$29,072) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fyffe?
14.5%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fyffe?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fyffe work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Payne (24%, 12 mi), Rainsville (9%, 5 mi), Huntsville (5%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Fyffe without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fyffe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fyffe
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.