Work & commute · Vernon

Work & commute in Vernon, AL

About one in 4 of Vernon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Columbus (7%), Fayette (4%) and Sulligent (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

204 of 798 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 594 Vernon residents head out of town to work, 204 work right here, and 1,262 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vernon.

594live here, work elsewhere

204live and work here

1,262work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vernon goes to work

Vernon (in town)right here

26%204

Columbus, MS24.2 mi away

7%56

Fayette16.9 mi away

4%31

Sulligent9.2 mi away

4%30

Tuscaloosa49.5 mi away

4%30

Birmingham77.4 mi away

2%17

Hamilton27.5 mi away

2%14

Huntsville104.7 mi away

2%14

Guin19.7 mi away

2%13

Homewood77.9 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%377

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

How far

How far Vernon commutes

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

34%

22%

11%

33%

34%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vernon is a job hub

1.84jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vernon are

1,466 jobs are based in Vernon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vernon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vernon

1,466 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Vernon residents hold

798 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+21%

Jobs based in Vernon, 2013 → 2023: 1,215 → 1,466. 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.