Work & commute · Coaling

Work & commute in Coaling, AL

Most working residents leave Coaling for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tuscaloosa (36%), Brookwood (5%) and Northport (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10 of 769 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 759 Coaling residents head out of town to work, 10 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coaling.

759live here, work elsewhere

10live and work here

116work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coaling goes to work

Tuscaloosa11.2 mi away

36%274

Brookwood4.9 mi away

5%36

Northport15.5 mi away

4%34

Bessemer25.9 mi away

4%29

Birmingham40.3 mi away

4%27

Hoover34.3 mi away

1%11

Montgomery84.7 mi away

1%11

Coaling (in town)right here

1%10

Homewood37 mi away

1%7

Vance7.2 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%324

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

How far

How far Coaling commutes

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

27%

44%

16%

13%

27%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coaling is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coaling are

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

Jobs based in Coaling

126 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)31%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Coaling residents hold

769 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+17%

Jobs based in Coaling, 2013 → 2023: 108 → 126. 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.