Work & commute · Albion

Work & commute in Albion, WA

Most working residents leave Albion for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Pullman (63%), Moscow (9%) and Colfax (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 240 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 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 236 Albion residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 235 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Albion.

236live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

235work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Albion goes to work

Pullman5.6 mi away

63%152

Moscow, ID12.6 mi away

9%22

Colfax9 mi away

3%8

Spokane61.1 mi away

2%5

Lewiston, ID30.1 mi away

2%4

Albion (in town)right here

2%4

Richland103.2 mi away

2%4

Moses Lake98.3 mi away

1%3

Seattle246.1 mi away

1%3

Clarkston27.7 mi away

1%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

14%33

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.

71%

17%

71%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Albion is balanced between jobs and homes

1.00jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.00 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Albion are

239 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

239 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)88%

$1,250 a month or less5%

$1,251–$3,333 a month11%

Over $3,333 a month83%

Jobs Albion residents hold

240 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+23%

Jobs based in Albion, 2013 → 2023: 195 → 239. 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.