Work & commute · Sumiton

Work & commute in Sumiton, AL

Most working residents leave Sumiton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (22%), Jasper (9%) and Dora (4%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

69 of 1,078 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,009 Sumiton residents head out of town to work, 69 work right here, and 1,149 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sumiton.

1,009live here, work elsewhere

69live and work here

1,149work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sumiton goes to work

Birmingham21 mi away

22%235

Jasper14.5 mi away

9%98

Sumiton (in town)right here

6%69

Dora2.5 mi away

4%46

Hoover29.2 mi away

4%38

Homewood24.3 mi away

3%27

Huntsville68.9 mi away

3%27

Bessemer26.5 mi away

2%23

Gardendale14.3 mi away

2%21

Vestavia Hills26.5 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%475

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

How far

How far Sumiton commutes

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

15%

46%

22%

17%

15%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sumiton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sumiton are

1,218 jobs are based in Sumiton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sumiton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sumiton

1,218 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Sumiton residents hold

1,078 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−4%

Jobs based in Sumiton, 2013 → 2023: 1,266 → 1,218. 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.