Albion Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Kansas as a whole has 12%. Employers in Albion Township report 7 jobs, against 20 working residents. Hardly any work in Albion Township itself; outside it, Hays draws the most (15%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Albion Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 20 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 7 people come in from elsewhere.
About 33 people are in Albion Township on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Albion Township work
Where Albion Township clocks in
10% 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.
In Albion Township, 57% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Albion Township, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 7. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Albion Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Albion Township
of Albion Township workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 85% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Albion Township
About 40% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
How Albion Township compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Albion Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albion Township | – | — | — | — | — |
| Grant Township | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
| North Homestead Township | under 5% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Eureka Township | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
| Wheatland Township | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
| South Homestead Township | under 5% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grant Township, North Homestead Township, Eureka Township, Wheatland Township and South Homestead Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Albion Township’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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 Albion Township: questions
What is the poverty rate in Albion Township?
0.0%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Albion Township work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hays (15%, 32 mi), Hoisington (10%, 6 mi), Great Bend (10%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Albion Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Albion Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Albion Township
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.