Work & commute · Moody

Work & commute in Moody, AL

Most working residents leave Moody for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (28%), Hoover (6%) and Leeds (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

313 of 6,587 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,274 Moody residents head out of town to work, 313 work right here, and 3,341 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Moody.

6,274live here, work elsewhere

313live and work here

3,341work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Moody goes to work

Birmingham18.2 mi away

28%1,833

Hoover24.1 mi away

6%410

Moody (in town)right here

5%313

Leeds5.9 mi away

4%293

Trussville5.4 mi away

4%256

Homewood20.8 mi away

3%217

Vestavia Hills17.2 mi away

3%207

Irondale10.5 mi away

3%198

Huntsville76.3 mi away

3%194

Pell City13.6 mi away

3%187

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%2,479

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

How far

How far Moody commutes

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

19%

54%

13%

14%

19%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Moody is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Moody are

3,654 jobs are based in Moody. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Moody’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Moody

3,654 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Moody residents hold

6,587 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+26%

Jobs based in Moody, 2013 → 2023: 2,890 → 3,654. 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.