Work & commute · Smoke Rise

Work & commute in Smoke Rise, AL

Most working residents leave Smoke Rise for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (25%), Hoover (4%) and Hayden (3%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 680 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 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 677 Smoke Rise residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smoke Rise.

677live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Smoke Rise goes to work

Birmingham24.4 mi away

25%167

Hoover34.9 mi away

4%27

Hayden4.7 mi away

3%23

Huntsville57.1 mi away

3%22

Homewood29.1 mi away

3%20

Cullman20.5 mi away

3%19

Gardendale14 mi away

3%18

Bessemer36.2 mi away

2%16

Trussville21.6 mi away

2%14

Warrior4.5 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%342

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

How far

How far Smoke Rise commutes

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

36%

40%

15%

9%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

40%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Smoke Rise is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Smoke Rise are

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

Jobs based in Smoke Rise

95 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Smoke Rise residents hold

680 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

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Jobs based in Smoke Rise, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 95. 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.