Work means Albert Lea for more than half of Albert Lea Township’s working residents
65 jobs are based in Albert Lea Township, and 259 of its residents work somewhere. 9% of workers work from home, against 18% across Minnesota. A typical one-way commute from Albert Lea Township lasts 15 minutes (Minnesota 23, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Albert Lea Township in brief
More than half of Albert Lea Township works in Albert Lea
142 working residents, 55%, have their main job in Albert Lea, 2.3 miles away across the town line. That’s far more as work in Albert Lea Township itself. The commute map ↓
Albert Lea Township is a place people come home to
There are 65 jobs based in Albert Lea Township, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Albert Lea Township has about 400 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Albert Lea Township residents work close to home
63% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 259 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Albert Lea Township commutes to
Where Albert Lea Township clocks in
4% of workers
3% 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.
Albert Lea Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 258 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Albert Lea Township on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.25 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Albert Lea Township
About 21% 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.
In Albert Lea Township, 46% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Albert Lea Township, 2014 → 2024: 92 → 65. 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 Lea Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 15 minutes each way for Albert Lea Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Albert Lea Township workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 219 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Next door is work for 55% of Albert Lea Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Albert Lea Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert Lea Township | – | — | — | 15 min | $75,000 |
| Albert Lea | 55% | C | B+ | 18 min | $64,603 |
| Freeman Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Hayward Township | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Pickerel Lake Township | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Bancroft Township | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Freeman Township, Hayward Township, Pickerel Lake Township and Bancroft Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Albert Lea. Darker towns draw more of Albert Lea 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 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 Lea Township: questions
What is the median household income in Albert Lea Township?
$75,000 (±$18,859) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Albert Lea Township?
6.3%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Albert Lea Township?
15 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Albert Lea Township work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albert Lea (55%, 2 mi), Austin (4%, 18 mi), Rochester (3%, 51 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Albert Lea Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Albert Lea Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Albert Lea Township
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.