Work & commute · Albion

Work & commute in Albion, IN

Most working residents leave Albion for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Wayne (13%), Kendallville (8%) and Elkhart (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

163 of 994 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 831 Albion residents head out of town to work, 163 work right here, and 1,987 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Albion.

831live here, work elsewhere

163live and work here

1,987work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Albion goes to work

Albion (in town)right here

16%163

Fort Wayne25.7 mi away

13%134

Kendallville8.9 mi away

8%78

Elkhart34.8 mi away

3%32

Ligonier10.2 mi away

3%29

Goshen24.6 mi away

3%28

Elkhart7.1 mi away

3%28

Jefferson3.2 mi away

3%25

Topeka11.9 mi away

2%23

Auburn18.9 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%431

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

How far

How far Albion commutes

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

35%

37%

18%

10%

35%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Albion is a job hub

2.16jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Albion are

2,150 jobs are based in Albion. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Albion’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Albion

2,150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Albion residents hold

994 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)43%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−10%

Jobs based in Albion, 2013 → 2023: 2,381 → 2,150. 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.