Work & commute · Albin

Work & commute in Albin, MN

Most working residents leave Albin for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are New Ulm (41%), Sleepy Eye (8%) and St. James (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 114 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 113 Albin residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Albin.

113live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Albin goes to work

New Ulm14.8 mi away

41%47

Sleepy Eye10.3 mi away

8%9

St. James12 mi away

4%4

Mountain Lake19.3 mi away

3%3

Cottonwood12.7 mi away

3%3

Courtland18.3 mi away

2%2

Windom29.5 mi away

2%2

Minneapolis88.9 mi away

2%2

South Bend28.6 mi away

2%2

Stark4.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%38

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

How far

How far Albin commutes

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

12%

63%

19%

12%Under 10 mi

63%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Albin is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Albin are

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

Jobs based in Albin

33 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)67%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less42%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Albin residents hold

114 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−86%

Jobs based in Albin, 2013 → 2023: 230 → 33. 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.