With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Spruce Pine works elsewhere
32 jobs are based in Spruce Pine, and 110 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Spruce Pine for work; outside it, Russellville is the main destination (25%, 8 miles). 0% of workers work from home, next to 9% for Alabama as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Spruce Pine, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 109 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Spruce Pine on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer than live here.
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 places Spruce Pine commutes to
Where Spruce Pine clocks in
25% 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.
97% of the jobs in Spruce Pine make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spruce Pine, 2013 → 2023: 8 → 32. 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 Spruce Pine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Spruce Pine: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spruce Pine workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 88 commuters (the 0% 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 commute from Spruce Pine, by distance
About 26% 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 Spruce Pine: questions
What is the median household income in Spruce Pine?
$97,978 (±$6,886) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spruce Pine?
11.6%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spruce Pine?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spruce Pine work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Russellville (25%, 8 mi), Muscle Shoals (6%, 25 mi), Florence (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spruce Pine without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 18% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Spruce Pine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spruce Pine
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.