Work & commute · Ballplay

Work & commute in Ballplay, AL

Most working residents leave Ballplay for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Gadsden (28%), Rainbow City (5%) and Hokes Bluff (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 495 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 490 Ballplay residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 34 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ballplay.

490live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

34work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ballplay goes to work

Gadsden12.3 mi away

28%139

Rainbow City17.5 mi away

5%26

Hokes Bluff4.2 mi away

5%24

Birmingham66.7 mi away

4%18

Anniston24.2 mi away

3%17

Huntsville68.3 mi away

3%17

Oxford29.7 mi away

2%12

Centre11.7 mi away

2%10

Homewood69.8 mi away

2%9

Hoover73.2 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%214

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ballplay commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

12%

46%

13%

29%

12%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ballplay is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.08 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ballplay are

39 jobs are based in Ballplay. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ballplay’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ballplay

39 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less44%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month15%

Jobs Ballplay residents hold

495 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−28%

Jobs based in Ballplay, 2013 → 2023: 54 → 39. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.