Work & commute · Westover

Work & commute in Westover, AL

Most working residents leave Westover for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Birmingham (22%), Hoover (10%) and Chelsea (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 772 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 769 Westover residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 265 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westover.

769live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

265work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westover goes to work

Birmingham18.8 mi away

22%167

Hoover15.9 mi away

10%78

Chelsea7.2 mi away

5%40

Pelham11.6 mi away

5%36

Columbiana13 mi away

4%30

Homewood17.1 mi away

3%27

Alabaster19.8 mi away

3%25

Vestavia Hills13.6 mi away

3%20

Calera20.8 mi away

2%19

Bessemer25.3 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%317

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

How far

How far Westover commutes

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

17%

64%

12%

17%Under 10 mi

64%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westover is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.35 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Westover are

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

Jobs based in Westover

268 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities43%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month71%

Jobs Westover residents hold

772 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+70%

Jobs based in Westover, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 268. 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.