Work & commute · Albert

Work & commute in Albert, MI

Most working residents leave Albert for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Gaylord (8%), Greenwood (6%) and Briley (5%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

137 of 780 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 643 Albert residents head out of town to work, 137 work right here, and 306 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Albert.

643live here, work elsewhere

137live and work here

306work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Albert goes to work

Albert (in town)right here

18%137

Gaylord23.1 mi away

8%59

Greenwood9.2 mi away

6%47

Briley9.1 mi away

5%37

Alpena43.7 mi away

3%20

Grayling28 mi away

2%19

Charlton11.1 mi away

2%16

Alpena41.1 mi away

2%15

Livingston24.7 mi away

2%14

Traverse City67.3 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%404

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

How far

How far Albert commutes

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

27%

22%

15%

36%

27%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Albert is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Albert are

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

Jobs based in Albert

443 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Albert residents hold

780 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+3%

Jobs based in Albert, 2011 → 2021: 432 → 443. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.