Work & commute · Lake View

Work & commute in Lake View, AL

Most working residents leave Lake View for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Tuscaloosa (14%), Bessemer (14%) and Birmingham (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 1,068 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 1,066 Lake View residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake View.

1,066live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

49work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake View goes to work

Tuscaloosa22.6 mi away

14%146

Bessemer11.5 mi away

14%145

Birmingham26.1 mi away

8%83

Hoover20.2 mi away

6%63

Northport26.3 mi away

2%24

Alabaster19 mi away

2%24

Pelham24 mi away

2%23

Hueytown11.4 mi away

2%22

McCalla6.8 mi away

2%21

Brookwood11.4 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%497

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

How far

How far Lake View commutes

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

15%

50%

20%

15%

15%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake View is a commuter town

0.05jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake View are

51 jobs are based in Lake View. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake View’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake View

51 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Lake View residents hold

1,068 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+9%

Jobs based in Lake View, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 51. 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.