Work & commute · Fultondale

Work & commute in Fultondale, AL

Most working residents leave Fultondale for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (41%), Hoover (6%) and Homewood (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

140 of 4,114 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,974 Fultondale residents head out of town to work, 140 work right here, and 3,049 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fultondale.

3,974live here, work elsewhere

140live and work here

3,049work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fultondale goes to work

Birmingham6.2 mi away

41%1,687

Hoover16.7 mi away

6%239

Homewood11 mi away

6%237

Fultondale (in town)right here

3%140

Bessemer19.7 mi away

3%135

Gardendale4.2 mi away

3%132

Vestavia Hills11.3 mi away

3%120

Pelham20.2 mi away

2%79

Trussville14 mi away

2%71

Tarrant2.6 mi away

2%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,205

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

How far

How far Fultondale commutes

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

54%

31%

10%

54%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fultondale is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fultondale are

3,189 jobs are based in Fultondale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fultondale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fultondale

3,189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Fultondale residents hold

4,114 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+14%

Jobs based in Fultondale, 2013 → 2023: 2,790 → 3,189. 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.