Work & commute · Albany

Work & commute in Albany, MO

About one in 4 of Albany’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are St. Joseph (12%), Kansas City (7%) and Bethany (5%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

209 of 769 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 560 Albany residents head out of town to work, 209 work right here, and 692 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Albany.

560live here, work elsewhere

209live and work here

692work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Albany goes to work

Albany (in town)right here

27%209

St. Joseph42.5 mi away

12%90

Kansas City78.4 mi away

7%51

Bethany16.1 mi away

5%36

Maryville29 mi away

5%35

Stanberry11 mi away

4%33

King City17 mi away

2%12

Independence80.3 mi away

1%10

Kansas City, KS80.7 mi away

1%8

Darlington4.9 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%277

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.

31%

16%

22%

31%

31%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Albany is balanced between jobs and homes

1.17jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.17 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Albany are

901 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

901 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Albany residents hold

769 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+11%

Jobs based in Albany, 2013 → 2023: 814 → 901. 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.