Photo: formulanone · CC BY-SA 2.0Odenville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Only 3% stay in Odenville for work; outside it, Birmingham is the main destination (23%, 25 miles). 1,090 jobs are based in Odenville, against 2,364 working residents. For jobs and income Odenville is better than 49% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Odenville, in brief
Odenville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Odenville went from 655 in 2014 to 1,090 in 2024, +66%. The jobs ↓
Odenville’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Odenville is Birmingham, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 23% of working residents (543) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Odenville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 26 across Alabama. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 54 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 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Jobs & income in Odenville: the grade in detail
Unemployment holds Odenville’s grade up (3.3%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (15.0%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Odenville could be anywhere from C− to A−.
What Odenville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Odenville, 2014 → 2024: 655 → 1,090. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Odenville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Odenville
About 15% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How long Odenville spends getting to work: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Odenville workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,154 commuters (the 3% 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 a workday changes Odenville
On a workday 2,301 residents head out to work, 63 work right here, and 1,027 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,700 people are in Odenville on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Odenville goes to work
Where Odenville clocks in
23% of workers
6% 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.
In Odenville, most people drive to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 1.7% across Alabama.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,223 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.8% of Odenville households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Odenville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Odenville is 1,922nd among 3,394 U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 155 | Highland Lakes AL | 5,866 | $169K | 4.1% | 1.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 212 | Argo AL | 4,376 | $105K | 1.1% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 266 | Redland AL | 4,982 | $130K | 1.4% | 2.5% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,920 | Dallas NC | 6,392 | $58K | 10.5% | 4.5% | 2% | B− |
| 1,921 | Towamensing Township PA | 4,610 | $69K | 6.5% | 5.0% | 3% | B− |
| 1,922 | Odenville AL | 6,023 | $70K | 15.0% | 3.3% | 3% | B− |
| 1,923 | Vinton IA | 5,004 | $66K | 12.6% | 2.5% | 25% | B− |
| 1,924 | Calcutta OH | 4,754 | $59K | 9.1% | 3.1% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,394 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 3% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Odenville, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
Odenville and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Moody (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Odenville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odenville | – | B− | D | 33 min | $70,296 |
| Moody | 4% | B | C | 27 min | $86,627 |
| Margaret | under 3% | A | D | 33 min | $101,802 |
| Springville | under 3% | A− | D | 32 min | $84,231 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Odenville’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 2024, 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 Odenville: questions
What is the median household income in Odenville?
$70,296 (±$6,461) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Odenville?
15.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Odenville?
33 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Odenville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Birmingham (23%, 25 mi), Trussville (6%, 10 mi), Hoover (5%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Odenville walkable?
Odenville is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Odenville 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 Odenville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Odenville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.