Work & commute · Cleveland

Work & commute in Cleveland, AL

Most working residents leave Cleveland for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (16%), Oneonta (11%) and Blountsville (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 493 working residents

Typical commute

31 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 462 Cleveland residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 505 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cleveland.

462live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

505work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cleveland goes to work

Birmingham35.5 mi away

16%81

Oneonta5.6 mi away

11%54

Cleveland (in town)right here

6%31

Blountsville5.3 mi away

4%18

Huntsville48.5 mi away

4%18

Cullman20 mi away

3%16

Hoover45.6 mi away

2%11

Albertville27 mi away

2%9

Montgomery115.5 mi away

2%9

Vestavia Hills38.7 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%239

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

How far

How far Cleveland commutes

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

25%

15%

42%

17%

25%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

42%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cleveland is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cleveland are

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

Jobs based in Cleveland

536 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Cleveland residents hold

493 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+17%

Jobs based in Cleveland, 2013 → 2023: 459 → 536. 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.