Work & commute · Albany

Work & commute in Albany, KY

About one in 5 of Albany’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Monticello (5%), Burkesville (4%) and Lexington-Fayette urban county (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

142 of 643 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 501 Albany residents head out of town to work, 142 work right here, and 1,180 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Albany.

501live here, work elsewhere

142live and work here

1,180work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Albany goes to work

Albany (in town)right here

22%142

Monticello18.9 mi away

5%31

Burkesville14.4 mi away

4%25

Lexington-Fayette urban county100.4 mi away

4%24

Somerset40.1 mi away

3%17

Bowling Green74.5 mi away

2%10

Tompkinsville30.9 mi away

1%7

Frankfort105 mi away

1%7

Glasgow48.8 mi away

1%6

Campbellsville46.7 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%369

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.

42%

20%

29%

42%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Albany is a job hub

2.06jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Albany are

1,322 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

1,322 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Albany residents hold

643 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month35%

−23%

Jobs based in Albany, 2013 → 2023: 1,724 → 1,322. 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.