Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Where Paint Rock earns its living
Only 2% work in Paint Rock itself; outside it, Huntsville draws the most (36%, 20 miles). 3% of workers work from home (Alabama 9%). Commuters spend 29 minutes getting to work on average, next to 26 for Alabama and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Paint Rock on a workday afternoon
On a workday 95 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 71 people come in from elsewhere.
About 160 people are in Paint Rock on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.75 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.
The towns that employ Paint Rock’s residents
Where Paint Rock clocks in
36% of workers
22% of workers
3% 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.
The 73 jobs based in Paint Rock
73 jobs are based in Paint Rock.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Paint Rock, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 73. 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 Paint Rock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Paint Rock
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Paint Rock workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 70 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 in the region Paint Rock works
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.
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 Paint Rock: questions
What is the median household income in Paint Rock?
$51,250 (±$38,815) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Paint Rock?
5.7%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Paint Rock?
29 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Paint Rock work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huntsville (36%, 20 mi), Scottsboro (22%, 16 mi), Skyline (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Paint Rock 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 Paint Rock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Paint Rock
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.