Work & commute · Woodstock

Work & commute in Woodstock, AL

Most working residents leave Woodstock for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Bessemer (10%), Tuscaloosa (10%) and Birmingham (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 558 working residents

Typical commute

21 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 533 Woodstock residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 393 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodstock.

533live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

393work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodstock goes to work

Bessemer14.7 mi away

10%57

Tuscaloosa22.1 mi away

10%56

Birmingham29.5 mi away

6%35

Woodstock (in town)right here

4%25

Hoover22.4 mi away

4%25

Brookwood10.8 mi away

3%18

West Blocton6.9 mi away

3%17

McCalla9.2 mi away

3%16

Homewood25.7 mi away

3%14

Northport26.1 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%282

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

How far

How far Woodstock commutes

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

25%

43%

16%

17%

25%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodstock is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodstock are

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

Jobs based in Woodstock

418 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less32%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Woodstock residents hold

558 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+38%

Jobs based in Woodstock, 2013 → 2023: 303 → 418. 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.