Work & commute · Tarrant

Work & commute in Tarrant, AL

Most working residents leave Tarrant for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (33%), Hoover (7%) and Homewood (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

74 of 1,806 working residents

Typical commute

9 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 1,732 Tarrant residents head out of town to work, 74 work right here, and 4,279 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tarrant.

1,732live here, work elsewhere

74live and work here

4,279work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tarrant goes to work

Birmingham4.9 mi away

33%595

Hoover15.3 mi away

7%127

Homewood9.6 mi away

6%110

Bessemer19.4 mi away

5%95

Tarrant (in town)right here

4%74

Vestavia Hills9.1 mi away

3%48

Trussville12.5 mi away

2%44

Irondale7.2 mi away

2%42

Huntsville76.5 mi away

2%35

Pelham18.2 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%604

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

How far

How far Tarrant commutes

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

54%

26%

15%

54%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tarrant is a job hub

2.41jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Tarrant are

4,353 jobs are based in Tarrant. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tarrant’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tarrant

4,353 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities55%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Tarrant residents hold

1,806 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+28%

Jobs based in Tarrant, 2013 → 2023: 3,393 → 4,353. 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.