Work & commute · Grayson Valley

Work & commute in Grayson Valley, AL

Most working residents leave Grayson Valley for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (40%), Hoover (7%) and Trussville (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 2,588 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,577 Grayson Valley residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 274 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grayson Valley.

2,577live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

274work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grayson Valley goes to work

Birmingham12.2 mi away

40%1,036

Hoover21.1 mi away

7%173

Trussville4.6 mi away

6%165

Homewood16.2 mi away

6%152

Vestavia Hills13.9 mi away

3%85

Bessemer26.9 mi away

3%66

Irondale7.4 mi away

2%59

Mountain Brook12 mi away

1%38

Tarrant8.1 mi away

1%33

Pelham22.4 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%750

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

How far

How far Grayson Valley commutes

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

23%

59%

10%

23%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grayson Valley is a commuter town

0.11jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grayson Valley are

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

Jobs based in Grayson Valley

285 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Grayson Valley residents hold

2,588 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−13%

Jobs based in Grayson Valley, 2013 → 2023: 329 → 285. 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.