Trexler Historic District · Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Albany Township works elsewhere
There are 161 jobs in Albany Township, against 807 working residents. Jobs and income earn Albany Township A−; getting around on foot earns it B−. Only 2% stay in Albany Township for work; outside it, Upper Macungie Township is the main destination (6%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Albany Township apart
Fewer jobs are based in Albany Township than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Albany Township fell from 372 in 2013 to 161 in 2023, −57%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Albany Township is a place people come home to
There are 161 jobs based in Albany Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Albany Township has about 1,100 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Albany Township workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 26 across Pennsylvania. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 46 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 807 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Albany Township’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Albany Township is better than 84% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 64% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (1.8%) is left out: Albany Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Albany Township could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Goods, not services: 33% of the jobs in Albany Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Albany Township, 2013 → 2023: 372 → 161. 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 Albany Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Albany Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 791 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 145 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Albany Township on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Albany Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Albany Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 636 commuters (the 11% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Commuting out of Albany Township: the destinations
Where Albany Township clocks in
6% of workers
5% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Albany Township
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.
Albany Township is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Albany Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, 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 714 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). 2.8% of Albany Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Albany Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300, Albany Township comes 519th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 11 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 37 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 517 | Taylor Township OH | 1,848 | $102K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 1% | A− |
| 518 | Moulton Township OH | 1,636 | $108K | 1.2% | 2.9% | 2% | A− |
| 519 | Albany Township PA | 1,723 | $89K | 3.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A− |
| 520 | Glendale OH | 2,285 | $112K | 5.0% | 5.1% | 4% | A− |
| 521 | Random Lake WI | 1,572 | $90K | 4.4% | 3.5% | 13% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Albany Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
How Albany Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Albany Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albany Township | – | A− | B− | 32 min | $89,440 |
| Lynn Township | under 3% | B+ | C | 32 min | $87,784 |
| East Brunswick Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 30 min | $107,625 |
| Greenwich Township | under 3% | A | B− | 23 min | $103,393 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Albany 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 Albany Township: questions
What is the median household income in Albany Township?
$89,440 (±$12,382) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Albany Township?
3.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Albany Township?
32 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Albany Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Upper Macungie Township (6%, 16 mi), Maxatawny Township (5%, 12 mi), Reading (5%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Albany Township walkable?
Albany Township is more walkable than 47% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Albany Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Albany Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Albany 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. 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.