Photo: Sesamehoneytart · CC BY-SA 4.0Hollywood at work: jobs, income and the commute
Home is the office for 4% of workers, next to 9% for Alabama as a whole. A typical one-way commute from Hollywood lasts 22 minutes (Alabama 26, U.S. 26). 362 jobs are based in Hollywood; 361 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Hollywood apart
Hollywood and Scottsboro trade workers both ways
Scottsboro is the top workplace for Hollywood residents (38%) and also where the most people who work in Hollywood come from (20% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Hollywood makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Hollywood are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Hollywood residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 361 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
38% of working residents work in Scottsboro
Where Hollywood clocks in
38% of workers
15% 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.
36% of the jobs in Hollywood make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hollywood, 2013 → 2023: 275 → 362. 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 Hollywood’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Hollywood
On a workday 350 residents head out to work, 11 work right here, and 351 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 (1.00 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 from Hollywood: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hollywood workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 373 commuters (the 4% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Hollywood
About 16% 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.
Next door is work for 38% of Hollywood
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hollywood workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollywood | – | — | — | 22 min | $51,071 |
| Scottsboro | 38% | C | C | 23 min | $53,929 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Scottsboro. Darker towns draw more of Hollywood’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 Hollywood: questions
What is the median household income in Hollywood?
$51,071 (±$14,926) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hollywood?
13.6%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hollywood?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hollywood work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scottsboro (38%, 7 mi), Huntsville (15%, 40 mi), Stevenson (4%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hollywood without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hollywood, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hollywood
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.