Birmingham draws 291 commuters a day, with 2.7 jobs for every working resident
292 jobs are based in Birmingham, and 109 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Birmingham itself; outside it, Sandusky draws the most (7%, 20 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers; Ohio has 13%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Birmingham on a workday afternoon
On a workday 108 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 320 people are in Birmingham on a workday afternoon, 139% 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.
The towns that send workers to Birmingham
Where Birmingham clocks in
7% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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: 85% of Birmingham’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Birmingham, 2013 → 2023: 250 → 292. 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 Birmingham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Birmingham
of Birmingham workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 43 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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 Birmingham
About 25% 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.
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 Birmingham: questions
What is the poverty rate in Birmingham?
12.9%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Birmingham work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sandusky (7%, 20 mi), Perkins Township (7%, 18 mi), Norwalk (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Birmingham without a car?
0% 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 Birmingham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Birmingham
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.