Photo: Robert Ashworth from Bellingham, WA., USA · CC BY 2.0For about two in three of its working residents, Albion is a commute to Pullman
A typical one-way commute lasts 19 minutes, next to 27 for Washington and 26 for the U.S. For 4% of workers, the job is at home (Washington 20%). Only 2% stay in Albion for work; outside it, Pullman is the main destination (63%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Albion stands out on work
More than half of Albion works in Pullman
152 working residents, 63%, have their main job in Pullman, 5.6 miles away. That’s 32 times as many as work in Albion itself. The commute map ↓
Most Albion residents work close to home
71% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Commutes from Albion are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 27 across Washington. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Washington 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 240 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Albion ends
Where Albion clocks in
Lines 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.
How far it is 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.
From Albion, about 19 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Albion workers work from home, vs 20% across Washington. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 236 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Washington: 79% 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.
Albion by day and by night
On a workday 236 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 235 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 (1.00 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Albion
239 jobs are based in Albion.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Albion, 2013 → 2023: 195 → 239. 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.
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?
$56,833 (±$17,185) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $98,141 across Washington and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Albion?
6.5%, against 9.9% across Washington and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Albion?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Washington and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Albion work?
2% work in town.
Can you get around Albion 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, 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.