Work & commute · Irondale

Work & commute in Irondale, AL

Most working residents leave Irondale for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (40%), Hoover (7%) and Homewood (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

268 of 5,379 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,111 Irondale residents head out of town to work, 268 work right here, and 8,700 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Irondale.

5,111live here, work elsewhere

268live and work here

8,700work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Irondale goes to work

Birmingham8 mi away

40%2,138

Hoover14.3 mi away

7%396

Homewood10.3 mi away

5%282

Irondale (in town)right here

5%268

Vestavia Hills7.1 mi away

4%213

Trussville9.7 mi away

3%184

Mountain Brook5.5 mi away

3%171

Bessemer21.5 mi away

2%112

Montgomery85.4 mi away

2%90

Pelham15 mi away

2%82

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%1,443

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

How far

How far Irondale commutes

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

59%

26%

12%

59%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Irondale is a job hub

1.67jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Irondale are

8,968 jobs are based in Irondale. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Irondale’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Irondale

8,968 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Irondale residents hold

5,379 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+20%

Jobs based in Irondale, 2013 → 2023: 7,448 → 8,968. 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.