Work & commute · Dora

Work & commute in Dora, AL

Most working residents leave Dora for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (21%), Jasper (10%) and Sumiton (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 945 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 917 Dora residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 500 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dora.

917live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

500work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dora goes to work

Birmingham21.5 mi away

21%199

Jasper13.7 mi away

10%94

Sumiton2.5 mi away

4%38

Hoover29 mi away

3%31

Huntsville70.9 mi away

3%29

Dora (in town)right here

3%28

Homewood24.3 mi away

3%24

Bessemer25.5 mi away

2%20

Vestavia Hills26.9 mi away

2%18

Irondale27.6 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%447

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

How far

How far Dora commutes

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

11%

45%

24%

19%

11%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dora is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dora are

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

Jobs based in Dora

528 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Dora residents hold

945 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+45%

Jobs based in Dora, 2013 → 2023: 365 → 528. 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.