Work & commute · Piedmont

Work & commute in Piedmont, AL

About one in 5 of Piedmont’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Anniston (11%), Gadsden (7%) and Jacksonville (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

319 of 1,622 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 1,303 Piedmont residents head out of town to work, 319 work right here, and 929 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Piedmont.

1,303live here, work elsewhere

319live and work here

929work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Piedmont goes to work

Piedmont (in town)right here

20%319

Anniston20.8 mi away

11%180

Gadsden23.6 mi away

7%113

Jacksonville11.4 mi away

6%95

Birmingham73.3 mi away

3%56

Centre15.9 mi away

3%51

Oxford27.1 mi away

3%44

Huntsville80.6 mi away

2%26

Hoover78.6 mi away

1%22

Pell City45.1 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%697

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

How far

How far Piedmont commutes

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

25%

38%

11%

27%

25%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Piedmont is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Piedmont are

1,248 jobs are based in Piedmont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Piedmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Piedmont

1,248 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Piedmont residents hold

1,622 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+5%

Jobs based in Piedmont, 2013 → 2023: 1,188 → 1,248. 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.