Work & commute · Guin

Work & commute in Guin, AL

Most working residents leave Guin for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Winfield (13%), Hamilton (10%) and Tuscaloosa (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

171 of 941 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 770 Guin residents head out of town to work, 171 work right here, and 1,050 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Guin.

770live here, work elsewhere

171live and work here

1,050work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Guin goes to work

Guin (in town)right here

18%171

Winfield7.2 mi away

13%121

Hamilton11.4 mi away

10%96

Tuscaloosa56 mi away

4%40

Fayette20.4 mi away

3%25

Birmingham70.9 mi away

2%18

Homewood72.5 mi away

2%17

Hoover75.6 mi away

2%17

Huntsville85.6 mi away

2%16

Haleyville23.8 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%407

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

How far

How far Guin commutes

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

35%

19%

38%

35%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

38%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Guin is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Guin are

1,221 jobs are based in Guin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Guin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Guin

1,221 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Guin residents hold

941 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+24%

Jobs based in Guin, 2013 → 2023: 983 → 1,221. 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.