Work & commute · Reform

Work & commute in Reform, AL

Most working residents leave Reform for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Tuscaloosa (16%), Northport (5%) and Birmingham (3%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 533 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 493 Reform residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 566 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Reform.

493live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

566work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Reform goes to work

Tuscaloosa29.9 mi away

16%85

Reform (in town)right here

8%40

Northport25.7 mi away

5%25

Birmingham71.1 mi away

3%18

Fayette24.3 mi away

3%16

Aliceville19.4 mi away

3%14

Bessemer60.3 mi away

2%13

Carrollton9.2 mi away

2%12

Columbus, MS24.2 mi away

2%12

Brookwood40.7 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%288

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

How far

How far Reform commutes

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

15%

13%

35%

37%

15%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Reform is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Reform are

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

Jobs based in Reform

606 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Reform residents hold

533 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−1%

Jobs based in Reform, 2013 → 2023: 612 → 606. 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.