Work & commute · Albion

Work & commute in Albion, WI

Most working residents leave Albion for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Madison (32%), Edgerton (9%) and Stoughton (8%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 1,031 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 989 Albion residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 373 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Albion.

989live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

373work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Albion goes to work

Madison22 mi away

32%326

Edgerton4.2 mi away

9%88

Stoughton7.5 mi away

8%86

Albion (in town)right here

4%42

Fort Atkinson11.3 mi away

3%26

Janesville15.2 mi away

2%24

Milwaukee57.3 mi away

2%23

Fitchburg18.6 mi away

2%22

Fulton7.2 mi away

2%19

Middleton26 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%357

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.

24%

48%

14%

24%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Albion is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.40 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Albion are

415 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

415 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)62%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)17%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Albion residents hold

1,031 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+210%

Jobs based in Albion, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 415. 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.