Work & commute · Greensboro

Work & commute in Greensboro, AL

Most working residents leave Greensboro for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Tuscaloosa (13%), Northport (4%) and Montgomery (3%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

150 of 864 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 714 Greensboro residents head out of town to work, 150 work right here, and 896 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greensboro.

714live here, work elsewhere

150live and work here

896work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greensboro goes to work

Greensboro (in town)right here

17%150

Tuscaloosa37.1 mi away

13%112

Northport38.5 mi away

4%31

Montgomery81 mi away

3%30

Demopolis19.4 mi away

3%29

Birmingham73.4 mi away

3%22

Hoover65.1 mi away

2%19

Brookwood40.2 mi away

2%16

Uniontown18.6 mi away

2%15

Marion16.8 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%426

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

How far

How far Greensboro commutes

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

23%

15%

34%

28%

23%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greensboro is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Greensboro are

1,046 jobs are based in Greensboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greensboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greensboro

1,046 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Greensboro residents hold

864 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−10%

Jobs based in Greensboro, 2013 → 2023: 1,164 → 1,046. 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.