Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Jobs and earnings in Pisgah, and the trip to work
2% of workers have no commute at all, where Alabama as a whole has 9%. Only 4% work in Pisgah itself; outside it, Scottsboro draws the most (16%, 12 miles). The average commute takes 24 minutes each way, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Pisgah, and who commutes in
On a workday 255 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 163 people come in from elsewhere.
About 610 people are in Pisgah on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Pisgah work
Where Pisgah clocks in
16% of workers
7% 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.
Pisgah makes things: 35% of its jobs are in goods
175 jobs are based in Pisgah.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pisgah, 2013 → 2023: 174 → 175. 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 Pisgah’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way, about the AL average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pisgah workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 381 commuters (the 2% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Pisgah
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.
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 Pisgah: questions
What is the median household income in Pisgah?
$54,167 (±$22,930) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pisgah?
20.1%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pisgah?
24 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pisgah work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Scottsboro (16%, 12 mi), Fort Payne (14%, 18 mi), Huntsville (7%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pisgah without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pisgah, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pisgah
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.