County Line has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in County Line report 12 jobs; 141 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in County Line itself; outside it, Birmingham draws the most (29%, 21 miles). 18% of workers have no commute at all, against 9% across Alabama.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves County Line for work, and who comes in
On a workday 141 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in County Line on a workday afternoon, 39% 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 County Line goes to work
Where County Line clocks in
29% of workers
5% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in County Line
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in County Line, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 12. 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 County Line’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from County Line takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of County Line workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 165 commuters (the 18% 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 far County Line’s workers travel
About 19% 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.
County Line and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | County Line workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County Line | – | — | — | 27 min | $61,250 |
| Trafford | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Trafford: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of County Line’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 County Line: questions
What is the median household income in County Line?
$61,250 (±$36,051) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in County Line?
16.5%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from County Line?
27 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in County Line work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Birmingham (29%, 21 mi), Huntsville (5%, 61 mi), Homewood (4%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around County Line 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 County Line, from the people who make the trip.
More of County Line
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.