Photo: Daniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Albion trail those of 95% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Albion itself; outside it, Albion draws the most (22%, 2 miles). Poverty touches 17.9% of residents, where New York as a whole has 14.0%. For jobs and income Albion is better than 11% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Albion at work: what stands out
Albion trades workers with the towns around it
Albion has about as many jobs (2,032) as working residents (2,340), but they are mostly different people: 1,946 residents leave for work each day while 1,638 people come in. Only 19% of the jobs in Albion are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Albion and Albion trade workers both ways
Albion is the top workplace for Albion residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Albion come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Albion are quick
The average trip to work takes 26 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Albion
Job access by car holds Albion’s grade up (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($41,581, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Albion could be anywhere from D to B−.
The daily flow of workers through Albion
On a workday 1,946 residents head out to work, 394 work right here, and 1,638 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Albion commutes to
Where Albion clocks in
22% of workers
7% 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.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Albion
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 workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,948 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
What the 2,032 jobs in Albion are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Albion, 2013 → 2023: 2,298 → 2,032. 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.
The commute from Albion, by distance
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.
Driving is how Albion gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,319 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). 15.9% of Albion households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Albion’s commuters take a bus or train.
Where Albion sits among U.S. towns of 4,100 to 7,900
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 8 | Lawrence NY | 6,847 | $170K | 3.5% | 3.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 15 | Irvington NY | 6,533 | $173K | 1.6% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
| 16 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,138 | Waynesboro MS | 4,495 | $32K | 28.2% | 3.8% | 31% | D |
| 3,139 | Port Isabel TX | 5,302 | $32K | 34.2% | 5.2% | 11% | D |
| 3,140 | Albion NY | 5,843 | $42K | 17.9% | 8.2% | 17% | D |
| 3,141 | St. Clair MO | 4,813 | $42K | 15.1% | 9.8% | 15% | D |
| 3,142 | Ayden NC | 5,263 | $42K | 22.4% | 6.7% | 5% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,432 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 New York.
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?
$41,581 (±$16,561) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Albion?
17.9%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Albion?
26 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Albion work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Albion (22%, 2 mi), Rochester (7%, 29 mi), Ridgeway (4%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Albion walkable?
Albion is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Albion without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 16% 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.