Work & commute · Lincoln

Work & commute in Lincoln, AL

Most working residents leave Lincoln for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (10%), Pell City (9%) and Talladega (6%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

260 of 2,934 working residents

Typical commute

25 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 2,674 Lincoln residents head out of town to work, 260 work right here, and 3,362 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lincoln.

2,674live here, work elsewhere

260live and work here

3,362work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lincoln goes to work

Birmingham38.7 mi away

10%304

Lincoln (in town)right here

9%260

Pell City7.9 mi away

9%251

Talladega10.4 mi away

6%187

Anniston19.3 mi away

6%170

Oxford15 mi away

4%122

Hoover41.8 mi away

3%87

Homewood40.2 mi away

1%41

Gadsden30.2 mi away

1%41

Bessemer50.8 mi away

1%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,435

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

How far

How far Lincoln commutes

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

25%

31%

19%

25%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lincoln is balanced between jobs and homes

1.23jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.23 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lincoln are

3,622 jobs are based in Lincoln. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lincoln’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lincoln

3,622 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Lincoln residents hold

2,934 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+57%

Jobs based in Lincoln, 2013 → 2023: 2,305 → 3,622. 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.