Work & commute · Albany

Work & commute in Albany, IN

Most working residents leave Albany for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Muncie (29%), Center (4%) and Hamilton (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 889 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 847 Albany residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 378 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Albany.

847live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

378work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Albany goes to work

Muncie11.3 mi away

29%257

Albany (in town)right here

5%42

Center60.4 mi away

4%39

Hamilton8.6 mi away

4%37

Delaware3.2 mi away

3%25

Anderson28.4 mi away

2%19

Lawrence50.9 mi away

2%17

Dunkirk4.9 mi away

2%14

Washington56.6 mi away

2%14

Winchester16.3 mi away

1%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%412

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

How far

How far Albany commutes

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

24%

37%

12%

26%

24%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Albany is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.47 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Albany are

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

Jobs based in Albany

420 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less37%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Albany residents hold

889 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+0%

Jobs based in Albany, 2013 → 2023: 419 → 420. 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.