Most of Cardiff commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
0% of workers have no commute at all; Alabama has 9%. There are 2 jobs in Cardiff for 18 working residents. Hardly any work in Cardiff; the top destination outside it is Birmingham (33%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Cardiff, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 18 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 41 people are in Cardiff on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Cardiff’s working residents head each day
Where Cardiff clocks in
33% of workers
11% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Cardiff
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cardiff, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 2. 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 Cardiff’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Cardiff takes about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cardiff workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 104 commuters (the 0% 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.
How many miles Cardiff commutes
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.
The towns around Cardiff
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Cardiff’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Cardiff: questions
What is the median household income in Cardiff?
$11,533 (±$780) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cardiff?
64.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cardiff?
31 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cardiff work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Birmingham (33%, 11 mi), Homewood (17%, 15 mi), Gardendale (11%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Cardiff without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 76% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cardiff, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cardiff
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.