Work & commute · Albion

Work & commute in Albion, MI

Most working residents leave Albion for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Marshall (9%), Battle Creek (4%) and Kalamazoo (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

379 of 2,261 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 1,882 Albion residents head out of town to work, 379 work right here, and 1,364 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Albion.

1,882live here, work elsewhere

379live and work here

1,364work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Albion goes to work

Albion (in town)right here

17%379

Marshall11.1 mi away

9%195

Battle Creek24.3 mi away

4%91

Kalamazoo42.4 mi away

4%88

Coldwater24.2 mi away

3%69

Litchfield14.4 mi away

3%64

Sheridan3.6 mi away

3%58

Lansing33.8 mi away

2%55

Sandstone11.2 mi away

2%49

Portage42.7 mi away

2%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,166

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.

27%

19%

26%

27%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Albion is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Albion are

1,743 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

1,743 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Albion residents hold

2,261 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−14%

Jobs based in Albion, 2011 → 2021: 2,020 → 1,743. 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.