Work & commute · West Blocton

Work & commute in West Blocton, AL

Most working residents leave West Blocton for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Bessemer (12%), Tuscaloosa (9%) and Montgomery (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 459 working residents

Typical commute

24 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 447 West Blocton residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 421 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Blocton.

447live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

421work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Blocton goes to work

Bessemer19.6 mi away

12%53

Tuscaloosa24.7 mi away

9%41

Montgomery72.9 mi away

5%21

Birmingham34 mi away

4%20

Pelham27.1 mi away

4%19

Hoover25.5 mi away

4%18

McCalla14 mi away

3%13

West Blocton (in town)right here

3%12

Northport28.9 mi away

3%12

Woodstock6.9 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%240

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

How far

How far West Blocton commutes

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

18%

37%

24%

21%

18%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Blocton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in West Blocton are

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

Jobs based in West Blocton

433 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)37%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs West Blocton residents hold

459 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+102%

Jobs based in West Blocton, 2013 → 2023: 214 → 433. 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.