Work & commute · Albany

Work & commute in Albany, OH

Most working residents leave Albany for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Athens (33%), Columbus (6%) and Lancaster (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 374 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 355 Albany residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 392 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Albany.

355live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

392work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Albany goes to work

Athens8.6 mi away

33%123

Columbus67.3 mi away

6%21

Albany (in town)right here

5%19

Lancaster40.8 mi away

3%12

Nelsonville16.2 mi away

3%10

The Plains10.1 mi away

2%7

McArthur15.2 mi away

2%6

Logan24.3 mi away

2%6

Canton117.7 mi away

1%5

Athens8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%160

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.

35%

23%

13%

29%

35%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Albany is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Albany are

411 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

411 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Albany residents hold

374 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+27%

Jobs based in Albany, 2013 → 2023: 323 → 411. 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.