Work & commute · Albany

Work & commute in Albany, OR

About one in 4 of Albany’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Corvallis (15%), Salem (10%) and Portland (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28%

7,087 of 25,236 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 18,149 Albany residents head out of town to work, 7,087 work right here, and 14,300 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Albany.

18,149live here, work elsewhere

7,087live and work here

14,300work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Albany goes to work

Albany (in town)right here

28%7,087

Corvallis9.8 mi away

15%3,701

Salem20.8 mi away

10%2,585

Portland66.5 mi away

4%942

Eugene39.4 mi away

4%925

Lebanon11.4 mi away

3%711

Millersburg3.8 mi away

2%442

Springfield40 mi away

1%366

Wilsonville49.9 mi away

1%264

Tangent5.5 mi away

1%254

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%7,959

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.

48%

23%

12%

17%

48%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Albany is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Albany are

21,387 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

21,387 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Albany residents hold

25,236 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+22%

Jobs based in Albany, 2013 → 2023: 17,520 → 21,387. 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.