Work & commute · Brookwood

Work & commute in Brookwood, AL

Most working residents leave Brookwood for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Tuscaloosa (31%), Birmingham (5%) and Northport (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 913 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 857 Brookwood residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 2,618 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brookwood.

857live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

2,618work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brookwood goes to work

Tuscaloosa11.4 mi away

31%285

Brookwood (in town)right here

6%56

Birmingham36.7 mi away

5%50

Northport15.4 mi away

5%42

Bessemer22.6 mi away

4%40

Hoover31.6 mi away

3%25

Pelham35.3 mi away

2%15

Montgomery87.3 mi away

2%15

Homewood33.7 mi away

2%14

Huntsville107.5 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%359

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

How far

How far Brookwood commutes

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

25%

47%

17%

11%

25%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brookwood is a job hub

2.93jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Brookwood are

2,674 jobs are based in Brookwood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brookwood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brookwood

2,674 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)87%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Brookwood residents hold

913 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+12%

Jobs based in Brookwood, 2013 → 2023: 2,381 → 2,674. 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.