Albion has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Albion has 52 jobs; 514 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Albion C; getting around on foot earns it D. Only 1% work in Albion itself; outside it, Black River Falls draws the most (19%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Albion apart
Albion is a place people come home to
There are 52 jobs based in Albion, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Albion has about 700 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Albion works one town over
25% of working residents work in a town that borders Albion: Black River Falls (19%) and Brockway (6%). Next door ↓
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 514 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Why Albion gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty and job access, Albion is better than 32% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Albion’s grade up (9.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Albion’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, Albion could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Who works in Albion, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 508 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in Albion on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
Where people from Albion work
Where Albion clocks in
8% 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.
What Albion’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Albion, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 52. 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.
Albion’s commute takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Albion workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 503 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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
About 23% 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.
Getting around Albion: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Albion is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 533 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). 5.3% of Albion households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Albion’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Albion is 2,326th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 21 | Nashotah WI | 1,298 | $148K | 1.1% | 0.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Maple Bluff WI | 1,305 | $199K | 3.0% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Big Bend WI | 1,498 | $135K | 3.2% | 0.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,324 | Carroll Township MO | 1,075 | $62K | 5.1% | 4.8% | 11% | C |
| 2,325 | Salem Township OH | 1,571 | $78K | 15.6% | 9.7% | 4% | C |
| 2,326 | Albion WI | 1,158 | $68K | 9.0% | 2.5% | 1% | C |
| 2,327 | Colchester IL | 1,070 | $64K | 7.8% | 3.8% | 9% | C |
| 2,328 | Canaan CT | 1,091 | $90K | 16.0% | 2.1% | 15% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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, the top three, the last and three more from Wisconsin.
Albion and its neighbors: 25% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Albion workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albion | – | C | D | 22 min | $68,214 |
| Brockway | 6% | D | C+ | 23 min | $49,896 |
| Manchester | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Springfield | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Irving | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Black River Falls | 19% | B− | B+ | 19 min | $66,632 |
| Hixton | under 2% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Adams | under 2% | C+ | D | 26 min | $75,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Manchester and Springfield: the same communities as the places of those names, graded once. Irving and Hixton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Black River Falls. Darker towns draw more of Albion’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 Albion: questions
What is the median household income in Albion?
$68,214 (±$7,963) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Albion?
9.0%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Albion?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Albion work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Black River Falls (19%, 7 mi), La Crosse (8%, 34 mi), Brockway (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Albion walkable?
Albion is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Albion without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% 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.