Work & commute · Albany

Work & commute in Albany, MN

Most working residents leave Albany for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are St. Cloud (18%), Avon (6%) and Melrose (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

267 of 1,389 working residents

Typical commute

18 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 1,122 Albany residents head out of town to work, 267 work right here, and 1,389 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Albany.

1,122live here, work elsewhere

267live and work here

1,389work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Albany goes to work

Albany (in town)right here

19%267

St. Cloud20.2 mi away

18%256

Avon5.8 mi away

6%79

Melrose12.6 mi away

4%51

Waite Park17.1 mi away

3%45

Sartell16.8 mi away

3%39

Albany3.1 mi away

3%36

Cold Spring13.3 mi away

2%33

Sauk Centre20.3 mi away

2%29

St. Joseph13.3 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%526

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.

32%

45%

18%

32%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Albany is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Albany are

1,656 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

1,656 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Albany residents hold

1,389 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+57%

Jobs based in Albany, 2013 → 2023: 1,057 → 1,656. 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.