Work & commute · Graysville

Work & commute in Graysville, AL

Most working residents leave Graysville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (32%), Homewood (7%) and Hoover (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 777 working residents

Typical commute

14 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 765 Graysville residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 398 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Graysville.

765live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

398work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Graysville goes to work

Birmingham11.1 mi away

32%250

Homewood14.3 mi away

7%53

Hoover19.4 mi away

6%44

Bessemer18.2 mi away

4%28

Montgomery97 mi away

3%21

Gardendale8 mi away

2%17

Fultondale8.2 mi away

2%15

Pelham24.2 mi away

2%15

Adamsville2.7 mi away

2%14

Hueytown16.1 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%307

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

How far

How far Graysville commutes

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

15%

65%

13%

15%Under 10 mi

65%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Graysville 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 Graysville are

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

Jobs based in Graysville

410 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Graysville residents hold

777 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−2%

Jobs based in Graysville, 2013 → 2023: 417 → 410. 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.