Work & commute · Coker

Work & commute in Coker, AL

Most working residents leave Coker for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Tuscaloosa (40%), Northport (16%) and Birmingham (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 340 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 340 Coker residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 45 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coker.

340live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

45work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coker goes to work

Tuscaloosa8.9 mi away

40%135

Northport5 mi away

16%56

Birmingham54.6 mi away

3%10

Hoover51.2 mi away

2%8

Bessemer41.9 mi away

1%5

Montgomery102.8 mi away

1%5

Vestavia Hills56.4 mi away

1%4

Anniston111.8 mi away

1%4

Huntsville115.8 mi away

1%4

Homewood52.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%106

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

How far

How far Coker commutes

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

57%

15%

23%

57%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coker is a commuter town

0.13jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coker are

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

Jobs based in Coker

45 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities69%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Coker residents hold

340 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−2%

Jobs based in Coker, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 45. 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.