Work & commute · York

Work & commute in York, AL

Most working residents leave York for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Livingston (19%), Tuscaloosa (6%) and Demopolis (5%). Half commute less than 36 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

75 of 709 working residents

Typical commute

36 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 634 York residents head out of town to work, 75 work right here, and 264 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in York.

634live here, work elsewhere

75live and work here

264work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where York goes to work

Livingston8.9 mi away

19%134

York (in town)right here

11%75

Tuscaloosa67.3 mi away

6%43

Demopolis27.1 mi away

5%32

Birmingham111.9 mi away

3%20

Meridian, MS24.6 mi away

3%19

Eutaw33 mi away

2%15

Huntsville178 mi away

2%15

Northport66 mi away

2%12

Montgomery118.5 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%333

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

How far

How far York commutes

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

26%

15%

10%

48%

26%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

York is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in York are

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

Jobs based in York

339 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs York residents hold

709 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month38%

−31%

Jobs based in York, 2013 → 2023: 489 → 339. 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.