East Point has 5.3 jobs for every working resident: 237 people commute in to work
At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Alabama 9%). There are 237 jobs in East Point for 45 working residents. Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average; the Alabama average is 26, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in East Point, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 45 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 490 people are in East Point on a workday afternoon, 66% more 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 East Point’s workers come from
Where East Point clocks in
22% of workers
13% of workers
9% 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.
A place that makes things: 99% of East Point’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Point, 2013 → 2023: 29 → 237. 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 East Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from East Point: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Point workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 184 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.
Miles to work from East Point
About 24% 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.
East Point and its neighbors: 22% work next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Point workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Point | – | — | — | 22 min | $160,531 |
| Cullman | 22% | C+ | B− | 21 min | $61,224 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cullman. Darker towns draw more of East Point’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 East Point: questions
What is the median household income in East Point?
$160,531 (±$41,604) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Point?
0.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Point?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Point work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cullman (22%, 3 mi), Huntsville (13%, 36 mi), Birmingham (9%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around East Point without a car?
5% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Point
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.