Work & commute · Midfield

Work & commute in Midfield, AL

Most working residents leave Midfield for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (37%), Bessemer (11%) and Hoover (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 1,971 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,933 Midfield residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 1,452 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Midfield.

1,933live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

1,452work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Midfield goes to work

Birmingham8.8 mi away

37%729

Bessemer6.5 mi away

11%217

Hoover8.6 mi away

7%134

Homewood6.5 mi away

6%119

Vestavia Hills10.6 mi away

2%46

Huntsville87 mi away

2%39

Midfield (in town)right here

2%38

Hueytown6.3 mi away

2%37

McCalla12.1 mi away

2%33

Pelham14 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%552

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

How far

How far Midfield commutes

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

60%

23%

12%

60%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Midfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Midfield are

1,490 jobs are based in Midfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Midfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Midfield

1,490 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Midfield residents hold

1,971 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−12%

Jobs based in Midfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,689 → 1,490. 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.