Work & commute · Vance

Work & commute in Vance, AL

Most working residents leave Vance for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Tuscaloosa (25%), Bessemer (6%) and Brookwood (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 789 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 784 Vance residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 948 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vance.

784live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

948work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vance goes to work

Tuscaloosa18 mi away

25%196

Bessemer20 mi away

6%49

Brookwood7.6 mi away

5%43

Northport22.2 mi away

4%33

Birmingham34.8 mi away

4%33

Huntsville109.9 mi away

2%15

Hoover27.8 mi away

2%14

Montgomery79.7 mi away

2%13

Alabaster23.5 mi away

1%11

Mobile180.7 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%375

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

How far

How far Vance commutes

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

27%

48%

13%

12%

27%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vance is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Vance are

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

Jobs based in Vance

953 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Vance residents hold

789 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+65%

Jobs based in Vance, 2013 → 2023: 576 → 953. 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.