Work & commute · Parrish

Work & commute in Parrish, AL

Most working residents leave Parrish for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Jasper (21%), Birmingham (18%) and Homewood (4%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 372 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 368 Parrish residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 180 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parrish.

368live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

180work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parrish goes to work

Jasper8.2 mi away

21%79

Birmingham31.2 mi away

18%67

Homewood33 mi away

4%16

Huntsville75.1 mi away

4%14

Hoover36.7 mi away

2%7

Montgomery112.2 mi away

2%7

Vestavia Hills36.3 mi away

2%6

Bessemer30.6 mi away

2%6

Gadsden75 mi away

1%5

Tuscaloosa37.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%160

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

How far

How far Parrish commutes

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

27%

11%

41%

21%

27%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parrish is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Parrish are

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

Jobs based in Parrish

184 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less35%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Parrish residents hold

372 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+18%

Jobs based in Parrish, 2013 → 2023: 156 → 184. 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.