The service list covers Birmingham and 23 Jefferson County places. Each place is listed here with its ZIP code and its straight-line distance from the city center, computed from the ZIP-table centroid. The table is a map of the list, not a rate card, and it shows which towns share a run.
Key takeaways
- The list runs to about 25 kilometres from the Birmingham city center, measured on the ZIP-table centroids.
- Distances are straight-line and computed, so the drive along the road is longer than the figure shown.
- Several towns share a ZIP code, and the call taker confirms the municipality before a visit.
- Towns on the same side of the city are usually planned on the same route.
The city core and its nearest neighbors
The core of the list is the city itself and the towns that border it. These are the closest places to the center, and the shortest runs on the list.
Birmingham sits at the anchor of the list, with its six core ZIP codes. The nearest neighbors are Homewood, to the south, at about six kilometres, and Mountain Brook, to the south-east, at about six and a half. Tarrant, to the north-east, is about nine kilometres out.
Fultondale sits to the north at about nine kilometres, close to the county line, and Vestavia Hills to the east at about eleven. These are the places a technician working from the core can usually reach on the same morning.
| Place | ZIP code | Distance (km) | Nearby on the list |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 35203 to 35208 | 0.9 | Mountain Brook, Homewood, Tarrant, Fultondale |
| Homewood | 35209 | 5.9 | Vestavia Hills, Birmingham, Mountain Brook, Fairfield |
| Mountain Brook | 35213 | 6.4 | Birmingham, Homewood, Irondale, Tarrant |
| Tarrant | 35217 | 8.9 | Fultondale, Birmingham, Center Point, Mountain Brook |
| Fultondale | 35068 | 9.4 | Tarrant, Birmingham, Brookside, Mount Olive |
The south and the east
The south and east hold the largest share of the list's nearer towns, including Hoover and Irondale. A technician working those sides often covers several places on one run.
Hoover is about eighteen kilometres south of the center, reached by I-65, and its ZIP code is 35244. Vestavia Hills and Hoover share the 35216 postal code on the Hoover side of the line, so the call taker confirms the town on every call from there.
East of the city lie Irondale, Center Point, Leeds and Trussville. Irondale is about fourteen kilometres out, Center Point about seventeen and a half, Leeds about twenty-two and Trussville about twenty-three and a half.
| Place | ZIP code | Distance (km) | Nearby on the list |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vestavia Hills | 35216 | 11.3 | Homewood, Hoover, Mountain Brook, Birmingham |
| Hoover | 35244 | 18.4 | Vestavia Hills, Homewood, Fairfield, Bessemer |
| Irondale | 35210 | 13.8 | Mountain Brook, Leeds, Tarrant, Trussville |
| Center Point | 35215 | 17.5 | Tarrant, Trussville, Morris, Irondale |
| Leeds | 35094 | 21.9 | Irondale, Trussville, Mountain Brook, Center Point |
| Trussville | 35173 | 23.5 | Center Point, Irondale, Leeds, Tarrant |
The west and the south-west
The west and the south-west carry the most places on the list. Bessemer, Fairfield and Pleasant Grove are the nearer western towns, and the far end of the list runs out toward Mulga and Morris.
Fairfield is about eleven kilometres west, and Bessemer about twelve and a half south-west, on the two ZIP codes 35021 and 35020. Docena is about twelve kilometres out to the south-west, and Dolomite about fifteen. Pleasant Grove, near the Jefferson-Bibb line, is about sixteen kilometres out.
Adamsville and Brookside are about sixteen to sixteen and a half kilometres out to the west, with Cardiff at seventeen, Mount Olive at eighteen and a half and Graysville at about twenty-two. Mulga is about twenty-two and a half kilometres west.
| Place | ZIP code | Distance (km) | Nearby on the list |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield | 35064 | 11.2 | Bessemer, Dolomite, Pleasant Grove, Docena |
| Docena | 35060 | 11.9 | Adamsville, Brookside, Pleasant Grove, Cardiff |
| Bessemer | 35021, 35020 | 12.7 | Fairfield, Dolomite, Pleasant Grove, Docena |
| Dolomite | 35061 | 14.8 | Bessemer, Pleasant Grove, Fairfield, Docena |
| Pleasant Grove | 35127 | 15.8 | Dolomite, Bessemer, Fairfield, Mulga |
| Adamsville | 35005 | 15.9 | Docena, Brookside, Cardiff, Graysville |
| Brookside | 35036 | 16.5 | Cardiff, Mount Olive, Graysville, Adamsville |
| Cardiff | 35041 | 16.9 | Brookside, Graysville, Mount Olive, Adamsville |
| Mount Olive | 35117 | 18.5 | Brookside, Cardiff, Gardendale, Fultondale |
| Graysville | 35073 | 21.8 | Cardiff, Brookside, Adamsville, Mount Olive |
| Mulga | 35118 | 22.4 | Pleasant Grove, Adamsville, Docena, Dolomite |
The north and the far north-east
The northern places are Gardendale and Morris, with Morris the furthest from the center on the list at about twenty-five kilometres. Their runs usually share a morning with Mount Olive and Trussville.
Gardendale is about twenty-two and a half kilometres north of the center, on the ZIP code 35071. Morris, at about twenty-five kilometres, is the furthest place on the list, and its ZIP code is 35116. The call taker allows for the longest run when a Morris visit is booked.
Because the northern places are far from the core, a technician often plans two or three of them on the same route. The call taker explains the likely window on the phone, and the arrival time is given on the call.
| Place | ZIP code | Distance (km) | Nearby on the list |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardendale | 35071 | 22.3 | Morris, Mount Olive, Brookside, Cardiff |
| Morris | 35116 | 24.8 | Gardendale, Trussville, Center Point, Mount Olive |
How to use the map when you call
Find your town on the table and give the call taker the ZIP code and the street. The map tells you where the visit fits, and the call taker confirms the place before a technician is sent.
A household that is not sure which place it is in should give the street and the ZIP code. Some codes serve two towns, and the call taker confirms which one the address falls in, so that the report names the right municipality.
The map also helps when a second property is involved. A household with a rental in a nearby town can ask for both visits to be planned on the same route, where the schedule allows.
How the list is set, and what it does not cover
The list is set by straight-line distance from the Birmingham city center, using ZIP-table centroids, and it is limited to places within about 25 kilometres. It is a map of the service area, not of every town in the region.
Each distance in the tables is measured straight across the map from the city center's anchor point to the centroid of the place's ZIP code. A road is always longer than a straight line, and the drive time depends on traffic, the route and the time of day. The distance is useful for seeing which places sit close together, not for estimating how long a visit will take to arrive.
The list does not include every town in the metro. A place outside the 25-kilometre limit is not part of the service area, and the call taker will say so. The list also uses the ZIP code of each place, so a town that shares a code with a neighbor is recorded under the code, and the call taker confirms the municipality before a visit is booked.
Calling from a place on the list
Give the call taker the street, the ZIP code and the town. Those three facts confirm the place and let the call taker book the nearest technician who is free.
A caller who is not sure which town they are in can give the street and the ZIP code, and the call taker will work out the place. A caller who is close to the edge of two towns should say so, since the record has to name the correct municipality for any later use.
Where a household has a second property, such as a rental in one of the nearby towns, it can ask for both visits to be scheduled on the same run. That is often the simplest way to keep the travel short and the record in one place.
Reading the table for a rental or a second property
A landlord or a household with a second home can use the table to plan visits across two properties on one route. The distances and the nearby towns show which places can be done together.
Find the two places on the tables and check the nearby list. Where they are listed as neighbors, the technician can often plan both visits on the same run, which shortens the travel for the household and for the company. Where they are on opposite sides of the list, two separate visits are usually more practical, and the call taker will say so.
A landlord with several properties should give the call taker the list of addresses and their ZIP codes at the start. The records for each property are then kept separately, with the owner's name and the tenant's access on each file, so a visit to one property is not confused with a visit to another.
Frequently asked questions
Is this the list of places you will visit?
It is the list of places the line serves. Call the line to confirm an address before a visit is booked.
Are the distances driving distances?
No. They are straight-line distances between ZIP-table centroids, computed for this site. The road distance is longer.
Why do some ZIP codes cover two places?
Postal codes are shared between neighboring places. The call taker confirms the town and the street before the visit.
Sources
This guide is general information for Jefferson County homeowners, not a substitute for an on-site inspection. Prices are estimates. See our disclaimer.