Work & commute · Brent

Work & commute in Brent, AL

Most working residents leave Brent for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Centreville (13%), Tuscaloosa (9%) and Montgomery (3%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

104 of 1,093 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 989 Brent residents head out of town to work, 104 work right here, and 1,268 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brent.

989live here, work elsewhere

104live and work here

1,268work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brent goes to work

Centreville2.5 mi away

13%140

Brent (in town)right here

10%104

Tuscaloosa28.7 mi away

9%101

Montgomery66.9 mi away

3%38

Bessemer31.6 mi away

3%37

Northport32.7 mi away

3%36

Hoover36.4 mi away

3%33

Birmingham45.7 mi away

3%33

West Blocton12.3 mi away

3%29

Brookwood22.4 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%522

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

How far

How far Brent commutes

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

25%

19%

34%

22%

25%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brent is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brent are

1,372 jobs are based in Brent. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brent’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brent

1,372 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Brent residents hold

1,093 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−6%

Jobs based in Brent, 2013 → 2023: 1,466 → 1,372. 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.