Work & commute · Brighton

Work & commute in Brighton, AL

Most working residents leave Brighton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (29%), Bessemer (15%) and Hoover (8%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 739 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 720 Brighton residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 221 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brighton.

720live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

221work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brighton goes to work

Birmingham10.5 mi away

29%211

Bessemer5 mi away

15%109

Hoover9 mi away

8%61

Homewood7.9 mi away

4%31

Brighton (in town)right here

3%19

Tuscaloosa36.5 mi away

2%16

Montgomery85 mi away

2%16

Vestavia Hills12 mi away

2%15

Pelham14.5 mi away

2%13

Huntsville88.3 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%236

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

How far

How far Brighton commutes

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

52%

25%

15%

52%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brighton is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brighton are

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

Jobs based in Brighton

240 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)95%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Brighton residents hold

739 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month41%

+15%

Jobs based in Brighton, 2013 → 2023: 209 → 240. 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.