Albion Township draws 636 commuters a day, with 2.1 jobs for every working resident
Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole. Albion Township has 640 jobs, against 311 working residents. For jobs and income Albion Township is better than 41% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Albion Township apart
Albion Township makes and builds things
96% of the jobs based in Albion Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Albion Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 28%. The jobs ↓
Albion Township is where the jobs are
Albion Township has 640 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
The jobs in Albion Township pay better than its residents’ jobs
83% of the jobs based in Albion Township pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 55% of the jobs Albion Township residents hold. 99% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Albion Township. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; with 311 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Albion Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Household income holds Albion Township’s grade up ($75,990, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 36% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.1%) is left out: Albion Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Albion Township could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Making and building: 96% of jobs based in Albion Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Albion Township, 2011 → 2021: 56 → 640. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Albion Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Albion Township
On a workday 307 residents head out to work and 4 work right here.
About 1,400 people are in Albion Township on a workday afternoon, 30% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2021, primary jobs.
Commuting in to Albion Township: where workers come from
Where Albion Township clocks in
6% 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.
From Albion Township, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Albion Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 414 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Albion Township
About 28% 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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Albion Township walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 2.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 425 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). 0.8% of Albion Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Albion Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Albion Township next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500: 1,629th of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 95 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 225 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
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| 275 | Freedom Township MI | 1,298 | $113K | 6.7% | 2.5% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,627 | Camillus NY | 1,258 | $50K | 11.0% | 8.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,628 | Edwards Township MI | 1,396 | $72K | 4.8% | 1.7% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,629 | Albion Township MI | 1,086 | $76K | 11.1% | 1.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,630 | Sheridan CA | 1,183 | $96K | 12.3% | 9.9% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,631 | Exeter ME | 1,002 | $84K | 8.1% | 2.4% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
16% of Albion Township works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Albion (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Albion Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albion Township | – | C+ | D | 26 min | $75,990 |
| Albion | 13% | D | A− | 23 min | $39,885 |
| Eckford Township | under 2% | B+ | C− | 24 min | $82,500 |
| Homer Township | 3% | D | B− | 25 min | $54,519 |
| Sheridan Township | under 2% | C− | D− | 25 min | $60,458 |
| Concord Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 24 min | $64,148 |
Same-state neighbors only. 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 2021, 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 median household income in Albion Township?
$75,990 (±$8,391) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Albion Township?
11.1%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Albion Township?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Albion Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albion (13%, 4 mi), Marshall (8%, 12 mi), Battle Creek (6%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Albion Township walkable?
Albion Township is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 2.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Albion Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% 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), 2021, 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.