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Work & commute · Sylvan Springs

Work & commute in Sylvan Springs, AL

Most working residents leave Sylvan Springs for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (24%), Bessemer (8%) and Homewood (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
12 of 671 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
10%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 659 Sylvan Springs residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 98 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sylvan Springs.

659live here, work elsewhere
12live and work here
98work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Sylvan Springs goes to work

MulgaMidfieldMaytownTarrantHomewoodSylvan SpringsGardendaleCaleraHueytownVestavia HillsBessemerPelhamHooverTuscaloosaBirminghamConcordBirminghamBessemerHomewoodHooverHueytownTarrantTuscaloosaVestavia HillsPelhamSylvan Springs
1
Birmingham13.5 mi away
24%161
2
Bessemer11.5 mi away
8%52
3
Homewood13.7 mi away
6%40
4
Hoover16.7 mi away
6%37
5
Hueytown8.4 mi away
5%35
6
Tarrant15.9 mi away
2%12
7
Sylvan Springs (in town)right here
2%12
8
Tuscaloosa35.2 mi away
2%12
9
Vestavia Hills17.4 mi away
2%11
10
Pelham22.1 mi away
2%11
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%288

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

How far

How far Sylvan Springs commutes

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

24%Under 10 mi
55%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
12%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Sylvan Springs is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sylvan Springs are

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

Jobs based in Sylvan Springs

110 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities12%
Services (health, schools, offices…)77%
$1,250 a month or less25%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Sylvan Springs residents hold

671 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month59%
+69%

Jobs based in Sylvan Springs, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 110. 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.

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