Work & commute · McDonald Chapel

Work & commute in McDonald Chapel, AL

Most working residents leave McDonald Chapel for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (39%), Bessemer (8%) and Hoover (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 259 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 259 McDonald Chapel residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in McDonald Chapel.

259live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

12work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where McDonald Chapel goes to work

Birmingham8.2 mi away

39%100

Bessemer10.4 mi away

8%22

Hoover12.4 mi away

5%13

Homewood8.5 mi away

3%9

Mountain Brook11.9 mi away

3%7

Vestavia Hills12.1 mi away

3%7

Montgomery89.7 mi away

2%6

Alabaster22 mi away

2%5

Huntsville82.8 mi away

2%4

Midfield4.5 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%83

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

How far

How far McDonald Chapel commutes

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

46%

35%

12%

46%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

McDonald Chapel 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 McDonald Chapel are

12 jobs are based in McDonald Chapel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs McDonald Chapel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in McDonald Chapel

12 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities100%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less67%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month17%

Jobs McDonald Chapel residents hold

259 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+0%

Jobs based in McDonald Chapel, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 12. 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.