Work & commute · Albia

Work & commute in Albia, IA

About one in 4 of Albia’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ottumwa (7%), Des Moines (5%) and Oskaloosa (3%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

463 of 1,797 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,334 Albia residents head out of town to work, 463 work right here, and 1,288 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Albia.

1,334live here, work elsewhere

463live and work here

1,288work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Albia goes to work

Albia (in town)right here

26%463

Ottumwa19.8 mi away

7%128

Des Moines56.4 mi away

5%82

Oskaloosa20.2 mi away

3%61

Centerville20.8 mi away

3%47

Knoxville25.5 mi away

2%44

West Des Moines62.3 mi away

2%40

Pella26.8 mi away

2%39

Chariton26.4 mi away

2%32

Ankeny63.9 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%833

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Albia commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

33%

24%

14%

29%

33%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Albia is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Albia are

1,751 jobs are based in Albia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Albia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Albia

1,751 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Albia residents hold

1,797 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+3%

Jobs based in Albia, 2013 → 2023: 1,696 → 1,751. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.