Work & commute · Pinson

Work & commute in Pinson, AL

Most working residents leave Pinson for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (38%), Hoover (6%) and Trussville (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49 of 3,681 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 3,632 Pinson residents head out of town to work, 49 work right here, and 1,116 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pinson.

3,632live here, work elsewhere

49live and work here

1,116work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pinson goes to work

Birmingham14.7 mi away

38%1,388

Hoover24.6 mi away

6%209

Trussville6.9 mi away

5%197

Homewood19.3 mi away

4%151

Bessemer29.4 mi away

3%112

Irondale11.7 mi away

3%94

Vestavia Hills17.6 mi away

2%90

Tarrant10 mi away

2%75

Pinson (in town)right here

1%49

Clay3.3 mi away

1%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,268

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

How far

How far Pinson commutes

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

21%

57%

10%

12%

21%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pinson is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pinson are

1,165 jobs are based in Pinson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pinson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pinson

1,165 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Pinson residents hold

3,681 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+2%

Jobs based in Pinson, 2013 → 2023: 1,140 → 1,165. 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.