Work & commute · Winfield

Work & commute in Winfield, AL

About one in 4 of Winfield’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Guin (6%), Hamilton (6%) and Fayette (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

483 of 2,089 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 1,606 Winfield residents head out of town to work, 483 work right here, and 2,031 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winfield.

1,606live here, work elsewhere

483live and work here

2,031work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winfield goes to work

Winfield (in town)right here

23%483

Guin7.2 mi away

6%131

Hamilton17.4 mi away

6%127

Fayette16.8 mi away

4%93

Birmingham63.7 mi away

4%92

Tuscaloosa50.7 mi away

3%72

Jasper30.5 mi away

2%46

Decatur63.6 mi away

2%42

Red Bay39.9 mi away

2%36

Florence62.3 mi away

1%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%937

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

How far

How far Winfield commutes

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

33%

18%

13%

37%

33%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Winfield are

2,514 jobs are based in Winfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Winfield

2,514 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Winfield residents hold

2,089 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+16%

Jobs based in Winfield, 2013 → 2023: 2,170 → 2,514. 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.