Work & commute · Albion

Work & commute in Albion, NY

Most working residents leave Albion for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Albion (22%), Rochester (7%) and Ridgeway (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

394 of 2,340 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,946 Albion residents head out of town to work, 394 work right here, and 1,638 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Albion.

1,946live here, work elsewhere

394live and work here

1,638work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Albion goes to work

Albion1.7 mi away

22%511

Rochester29.3 mi away

7%158

Ridgeway9.5 mi away

4%92

Buffalo41.7 mi away

4%91

Gaines2.1 mi away

4%86

Sweden14.2 mi away

3%72

Amherst32.9 mi away

3%71

Batavia17.3 mi away

3%66

New York282 mi away

3%59

Batavia17.1 mi away

2%58

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,076

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.

32%

21%

35%

12%

32%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Albion is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Albion are

2,032 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

2,032 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Albion residents hold

2,340 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−12%

Jobs based in Albion, 2013 → 2023: 2,298 → 2,032. 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.