Work & commute · Uniontown

Work & commute in Uniontown, AL

Most working residents leave Uniontown for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Marion (7%), Tuscaloosa (6%) and Montgomery (6%). Half commute less than 52 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

89 of 577 working residents

Typical commute

52 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 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 488 Uniontown residents head out of town to work, 89 work right here, and 387 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Uniontown.

488live here, work elsewhere

89live and work here

387work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Uniontown goes to work

Uniontown (in town)right here

15%89

Marion16.2 mi away

7%41

Tuscaloosa54.5 mi away

6%37

Montgomery71.5 mi away

6%36

Selma26.4 mi away

6%34

Demopolis20.1 mi away

6%34

Birmingham84.7 mi away

3%19

Greensboro18.6 mi away

2%14

Bessemer70.5 mi away

2%12

Huntsville162.4 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%250

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

How far

How far Uniontown commutes

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

18%

12%

52%

18%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

52%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Uniontown is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Uniontown are

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

Jobs based in Uniontown

476 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Uniontown residents hold

577 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−21%

Jobs based in Uniontown, 2013 → 2023: 602 → 476. 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.