Work & commute · Columbiana

Work & commute in Columbiana, AL

Most working residents leave Columbiana for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (16%), Hoover (8%) and Alabaster (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

172 of 1,649 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 1,477 Columbiana residents head out of town to work, 172 work right here, and 2,137 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Columbiana.

1,477live here, work elsewhere

172live and work here

2,137work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Columbiana goes to work

Birmingham25.4 mi away

16%265

Columbiana (in town)right here

10%172

Hoover16.9 mi away

8%131

Alabaster12.1 mi away

8%124

Pelham11.7 mi away

6%91

Calera8.9 mi away

4%68

Homewood21.6 mi away

3%57

Montgomery61.7 mi away

3%46

Chelsea8.2 mi away

3%42

Helena16.9 mi away

2%35

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%618

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

How far

How far Columbiana commutes

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

18%

49%

18%

15%

18%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Columbiana is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Columbiana are

2,309 jobs are based in Columbiana. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Columbiana’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Columbiana

2,309 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Columbiana residents hold

1,649 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−23%

Jobs based in Columbiana, 2013 → 2023: 2,982 → 2,309. 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.