Work & commute · Calera

Work & commute in Calera, AL

Most working residents leave Calera for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (21%), Hoover (11%) and Alabaster (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

554 of 7,892 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,338 Calera residents head out of town to work, 554 work right here, and 4,482 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Calera.

7,338live here, work elsewhere

554live and work here

4,482work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Calera goes to work

Birmingham28 mi away

21%1,666

Hoover17.7 mi away

11%885

Alabaster7.7 mi away

8%651

Calera (in town)right here

7%554

Pelham14.3 mi away

7%514

Homewood23.4 mi away

4%338

Bessemer21.5 mi away

3%217

Vestavia Hills23.4 mi away

2%174

Columbiana8.9 mi away

2%153

Montgomery60.4 mi away

2%145

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%2,595

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

How far

How far Calera commutes

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

21%

44%

24%

11%

21%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Calera is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Calera are

5,036 jobs are based in Calera. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Calera’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Calera

5,036 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Calera residents hold

7,892 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+45%

Jobs based in Calera, 2013 → 2023: 3,471 → 5,036. 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.