How long is the commute in Birmingham?

Average travel time to work in Birmingham, AL, how people get to work — driving, transit, walking or from home — and how that compares nationally.

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

How Birmingham gets to work.

Average commute, one way: 19.6 min — U.S. average: 23.0 min

How workers get to work

• Drove alone: 74.4
• Carpooled: 9.7
• Transit: 1.3
• Walked: 3.4
• From home: 8.5

Average commute (minutes)

• Birmingham: 19.6
• Jefferson County: 22.1
• AL: 23.4
• U.S.: 23

Work from home: 8.5% — U.S.: 13.5%

What it means

The typical one-way commute here runs about 3.3 minutes shorter than the national average.

Working from home went from 1.9% of workers in 2015 to 8.5% in the latest estimates.