Work & commute · Hoover

Work & commute in Hoover, AL

Most working residents leave Hoover for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (31%), Homewood (7%) and Vestavia Hills (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

6,891 of 39,119 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 32,228 Hoover residents head out of town to work, 6,891 work right here, and 48,541 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hoover.

32,228live here, work elsewhere

6,891live and work here

48,541work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hoover goes to work

Birmingham10.5 mi away

31%12,238

Hoover (in town)right here

18%6,891

Homewood5.8 mi away

7%2,666

Vestavia Hills7.3 mi away

5%1,816

Bessemer9.4 mi away

4%1,456

Pelham5.5 mi away

3%1,186

Mountain Brook9.1 mi away

2%677

Alabaster11.1 mi away

2%656

Montgomery77.6 mi away

2%599

Huntsville91.7 mi away

1%532

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%10,402

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

How far

How far Hoover commutes

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

59%

25%

11%

59%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hoover is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hoover are

55,432 jobs are based in Hoover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hoover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hoover

55,432 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Hoover residents hold

39,119 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+6%

Jobs based in Hoover, 2013 → 2023: 52,286 → 55,432. 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.