Work & commute · Childersburg

Work & commute in Childersburg, AL

Most working residents leave Childersburg for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (9%), Sylacauga (9%) and Hoover (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

161 of 1,963 working residents

Typical commute

27 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 1,802 Childersburg residents head out of town to work, 161 work right here, and 1,404 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Childersburg.

1,802live here, work elsewhere

161live and work here

1,404work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Childersburg goes to work

Birmingham30.9 mi away

9%184

Sylacauga8.1 mi away

9%171

Childersburg (in town)right here

8%161

Hoover27.6 mi away

4%80

Talladega16.9 mi away

3%55

Anniston40.3 mi away

2%41

Chelsea17.2 mi away

2%37

Homewood29.4 mi away

2%36

Montgomery65.4 mi away

2%36

Bessemer36.8 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%1,127

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

How far

How far Childersburg commutes

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

26%

19%

32%

22%

26%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Childersburg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Childersburg are

1,565 jobs are based in Childersburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Childersburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Childersburg

1,565 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Childersburg residents hold

1,963 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−14%

Jobs based in Childersburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,823 → 1,565. 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.