Work & commute · Hueytown

Work & commute in Hueytown, AL

Most working residents leave Hueytown for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (29%), Bessemer (12%) and Hoover (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

338 of 6,963 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,625 Hueytown residents head out of town to work, 338 work right here, and 3,994 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hueytown.

6,625live here, work elsewhere

338live and work here

3,994work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hueytown goes to work

Birmingham15.1 mi away

29%2,041

Bessemer3.7 mi away

12%818

Hoover12.2 mi away

8%562

Homewood12.4 mi away

5%370

Hueytown (in town)right here

5%338

Vestavia Hills16.4 mi away

2%154

Tuscaloosa31.9 mi away

2%128

Huntsville91.2 mi away

2%122

McCalla7.3 mi away

2%115

Pelham17.3 mi away

2%114

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%2,201

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

How far

How far Hueytown commutes

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

30%

51%

12%

30%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hueytown is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.62 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hueytown are

4,332 jobs are based in Hueytown. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hueytown’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hueytown

4,332 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Hueytown residents hold

6,963 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+8%

Jobs based in Hueytown, 2013 → 2023: 4,022 → 4,332. 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.