Work & commute · Leeds

Work & commute in Leeds, AL

Most working residents leave Leeds for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (29%), Hoover (8%) and Homewood (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

526 of 5,264 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,738 Leeds residents head out of town to work, 526 work right here, and 4,249 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leeds.

4,738live here, work elsewhere

526live and work here

4,249work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leeds goes to work

Birmingham13.1 mi away

29%1,543

Leeds (in town)right here

10%526

Hoover18.1 mi away

8%440

Homewood15 mi away

4%218

Moody5.9 mi away

4%195

Irondale5.1 mi away

4%191

Vestavia Hills11.3 mi away

3%181

Trussville7.5 mi away

3%176

Bessemer26.1 mi away

2%92

Mountain Brook10.2 mi away

2%86

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,616

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

How far

How far Leeds commutes

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

28%

53%

12%

28%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leeds is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Leeds are

4,775 jobs are based in Leeds. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Leeds’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Leeds

4,775 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Leeds residents hold

5,264 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+23%

Jobs based in Leeds, 2013 → 2023: 3,880 → 4,775. 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.