Work & commute · Homewood

Work & commute in Homewood, AL

Most working residents leave Homewood for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (39%), Hoover (8%) and Vestavia Hills (4%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,570 of 10,413 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,843 Homewood residents head out of town to work, 1,570 work right here, and 33,212 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Homewood.

8,843live here, work elsewhere

1,570live and work here

33,212work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Homewood goes to work

Birmingham4.8 mi away

39%4,057

Homewood (in town)right here

15%1,570

Hoover5.8 mi away

8%802

Vestavia Hills4 mi away

4%458

Mountain Brook4.9 mi away

3%322

Bessemer11.2 mi away

2%202

Huntsville85.9 mi away

2%173

Pelham9.9 mi away

2%168

Tuscaloosa44.3 mi away

1%140

Montgomery82.9 mi away

1%138

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%2,383

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

How far

How far Homewood commutes

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

75%

11%

75%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Homewood is a job hub

3.34jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Homewood are

34,782 jobs are based in Homewood. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Homewood’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Homewood

34,782 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Homewood residents hold

10,413 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+1%

Jobs based in Homewood, 2013 → 2023: 34,383 → 34,782. 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.