Work & commute · Albion

Work & commute in Albion, MI

Most working residents leave Albion for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Albion (13%), Marshall (8%) and Battle Creek (6%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 311 working residents

Typical commute

22 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 307 Albion residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 636 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Albion.

307live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

636work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Albion goes to work

Albion3.6 mi away

13%41

Marshall11.6 mi away

8%25

Battle Creek24.7 mi away

6%20

Kalamazoo42.4 mi away

4%13

Coldwater21 mi away

3%10

Sandstone13 mi away

3%10

Homer5.5 mi away

3%9

Lansing37.3 mi away

3%8

Litchfield10.8 mi away

2%7

Kentwood63.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%163

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.

26%

30%

16%

28%

26%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

28%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Albion 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 Albion are

640 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

640 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)96%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)2%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Albion residents hold

311 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+1043%

Jobs based in Albion, 2011 → 2021: 56 → 640. 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.