Households in Hanceville have lower incomes than those in 95% of U.S. towns
Only 7% work in Hanceville itself; outside it, Cullman draws the most (23%, 9 miles). Below the poverty line: 16.6% of residents, next to 15.6% for Alabama as a whole. Hanceville grades C+ for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Hanceville stands out on work
Hanceville trades workers with the towns around it
Hanceville has about as many jobs (1,572) as working residents (1,312), but they are mostly different people: 1,222 residents leave for work each day while 1,482 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Hanceville are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Few Hanceville workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 9% across Alabama. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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.
Income, poverty and work: Hanceville’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hanceville is better than 42% of U.S. towns, #82 of 187 in Alabama. Unemployment holds Hanceville’s grade up (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($41,791, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hanceville could be anywhere from C to B−.
A workday in Hanceville: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,222 residents head out to work, 90 work right here, and 1,482 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 (1.20 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Getting to work from Hanceville takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hanceville workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,472 commuters (the 3% 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.
Where people from Hanceville work
Where Hanceville clocks in
23% of workers
10% of workers
6% 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.
Inside Hanceville’s 1,572 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hanceville, 2014 → 2024: 1,662 → 1,572. 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 Hanceville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Hanceville goes to work
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.
In Hanceville, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hanceville is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns, #30 of 187 in Alabama. Both inputs place Hanceville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,513 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.7% of Hanceville households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hanceville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hanceville is 2,575th of 4,402 U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,600 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 95 | Indian Springs Village AL | 2,553 | $137K | 3.4% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 114 | Eagle Point AL | 3,110 | $152K | 3.2% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 180 | Priceville AL | 3,952 | $117K | 2.2% | 0.0% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,573 | Washington Township IN | 4,323 | $63K | 13.7% | 2.4% | 23% | C+ |
| 2,574 | Paradise Township PA | 2,884 | $87K | 10.0% | 6.8% | 8% | C+ |
| 2,575 | Hanceville AL | 3,390 | $42K | 16.6% | 0.0% | 7% | C+ |
| 2,576 | Palisade CO | 2,599 | $81K | 9.0% | 5.4% | 10% | C+ |
| 2,577 | Mauston WI | 4,133 | $64K | 18.5% | 1.2% | 30% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,402 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hanceville, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
Hanceville and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hanceville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanceville | – | C+ | B | 28 min | $41,791 |
| Garden City | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Garden City: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hanceville’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 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 Hanceville: questions
What is the median household income in Hanceville?
$41,791 (±$8,363) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hanceville?
16.6%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hanceville?
28 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hanceville work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cullman (23%, 9 mi), Birmingham (10%, 37 mi), Huntsville (6%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hanceville walkable?
Hanceville is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hanceville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hanceville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hanceville
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.