Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Making a living in Baileyton
Only 2% work in Baileyton itself; outside it, Huntsville draws the most (15%, 30 miles). Working residents average 35 minutes each way, next to 26 for Alabama and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Baileyton report 235 jobs, against 261 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Baileyton at work: what stands out
Baileyton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Baileyton is Huntsville, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (40) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Baileyton workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 26 across Alabama. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 261 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How far Baileyton goes to work
About 16% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
From Baileyton, about 35 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Baileyton workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 472 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% drive alone, <1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Baileyton on a workday afternoon
On a workday 256 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 230 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Baileyton’s residents
Where Baileyton clocks in
15% of workers
12% of workers
12% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What Baileyton’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baileyton, 2013 → 2023: 164 → 235. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Baileyton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Baileyton: questions
What is the median household income in Baileyton?
$63,143 (±$12,911) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baileyton?
25.1%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baileyton?
35 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baileyton work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Huntsville (15%, 30 mi), Arab (12%, 8 mi), Cullman (12%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Baileyton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Baileyton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Baileyton
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.