Hussey-Littlefield Farm · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Albion has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
About one in ten work in Albion; the top destination outside it is Waterville (17%, 11 miles). Employers in Albion report 259 jobs for 896 working residents. Jobs and income earn Albion D; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Albion apart on work
Albion is a place people come home to
There are 259 jobs based in Albion, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Albion has about 1,500 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Albion workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 25 across Maine. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 896 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Albion’s grade
On income, poverty and job access, Albion is better than 10% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Albion’s grade up ($62,361, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.8%) is left out: Albion’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Albion could be anywhere from D− to B−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Albion
On a workday 824 residents head out to work, 72 work right here, and 187 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Albion on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
About 34 minutes each way, longer than most of Maine
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Albion workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 818 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Maine: 84% 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.
Where Albion goes to work
Where Albion clocks in
17% of workers
12% of workers
5% 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.
Albion makes things: 31% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Albion, 2013 → 2023: 128 → 259. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Albion
About 17% 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.
For most of Albion, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Maine, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 970 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.1% of Albion households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Albion’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800, Albion ranks 4,388th of 5,148 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 268 | Dayton ME | 2,182 | $114K | 3.7% | 0.2% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 551 | Ogunquit ME | 1,606 | $114K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 22% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 600 | Pownal ME | 1,645 | $104K | 5.5% | 0.7% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,386 | Portageville MO | 2,702 | $52K | 17.5% | 6.0% | 25% | D |
| 4,387 | Timmonsville SC | 2,117 | $35K | 31.2% | 8.4% | 4% | D |
| 4,388 | Albion ME | 2,092 | $62K | 18.4% | 2.8% | 8% | D |
| 4,389 | Sidney Township MI | 2,651 | $60K | 14.7% | 8.0% | 2% | D |
| 4,390 | Hancock NY | 2,717 | $62K | 13.0% | 7.7% | 28% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Albion, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Around Albion: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Winslow (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Albion workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albion | – | D | C− | 34 min | $62,361 |
| Freedom | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Benton | 2% | B− | C− | 20 min | $61,437 |
| China | under 3% | B+ | B− | 30 min | $96,309 |
| Winslow | 4% | B | C+ | 23 min | $70,917 |
| Unity | under 3% | C− | A− | 21 min | $62,857 |
Same-state neighbors only. Freedom: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Albion’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: questions
What is the median household income in Albion?
$62,361 (±$22,999) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Albion?
18.4%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Albion?
34 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Albion work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waterville (17%, 11 mi), Augusta (12%, 19 mi), Fairfield (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Albion walkable?
Albion is more walkable than 17% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Albion 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 Albion, from the people who make the trip.
More of Albion
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.