Work & commute · Gordo

Work & commute in Gordo, AL

Most working residents leave Gordo for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Tuscaloosa (27%), Northport (7%) and Birmingham (3%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 658 working residents

Typical commute

23 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 628 Gordo residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 317 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gordo.

628live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

317work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gordo goes to work

Tuscaloosa22.5 mi away

27%175

Northport18.3 mi away

7%47

Gordo (in town)right here

5%30

Birmingham65.4 mi away

3%21

Reform7.6 mi away

3%20

Aliceville20.2 mi away

2%15

Brookwood33.5 mi away

2%12

Carrollton11.8 mi away

2%10

Homewood63.8 mi away

1%9

Fayette26 mi away

1%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%310

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

How far

How far Gordo commutes

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

12%

47%

14%

28%

12%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gordo is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gordo are

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

Jobs based in Gordo

347 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Gordo residents hold

658 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−26%

Jobs based in Gordo, 2013 → 2023: 468 → 347. 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.