Chicago, Milwaukee and Pacific Railroad-Albert City Station · Photo: TheCatalyst31 · CC0Albert City has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Albert City has 107 jobs; 306 of its residents have a job. Only 5% work in Albert City; the top destination outside it is Laurens (12%, 7 miles). Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, against 11% across Iowa.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Albert City in brief
Each way, about 27 minutes from Albert City
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Albert City workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 296 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who works in Albert City, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 291 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Albert City on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Albert City work
Where Albert City clocks in
12% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The kinds of work in Albert City
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Albert City, 2014 → 2024: 206 → 107. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Albert City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Albert City
About 27% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Albert City: questions
What is the median household income in Albert City?
$80,972 (±$9,198) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Albert City?
12.9%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Albert City?
27 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Iowa and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Albert City work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Laurens (12%, 7 mi), Storm Lake (12%, 16 mi), Spencer (5%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Albert City without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Albert City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Albert City
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.