Work & commute · Pell

Work & commute in Pell, AL

About one in 5 of Pell’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (16%), Hoover (4%) and Huntsville (3%). Half commute less than 28 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

1,201 of 5,925 working residents

Typical commute

28 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,724 Pell residents head out of town to work, 1,201 work right here, and 6,848 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pell.

4,724live here, work elsewhere

1,201live and work here

6,848work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pell goes to work

Pell City (in town)right here

20%1,201

Birmingham30.8 mi away

16%923

Hoover34 mi away

4%262

Huntsville82 mi away

3%175

Homewood32.2 mi away

2%145

Anniston27.2 mi away

2%141

Vestavia Hills28.2 mi away

2%132

Talladega13 mi away

2%113

Moody13.6 mi away

2%111

Trussville18.4 mi away

2%101

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%2,621

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

How far

How far Pell commutes

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

26%

16%

41%

17%

26%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

41%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pell is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pell are

8,049 jobs are based in Pell. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pell’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pell

8,049 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Pell residents hold

5,925 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+16%

Jobs based in Pell, 2013 → 2023: 6,966 → 8,049. 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.