Samuel Hall House · Photo: TheCatalyst31 · CC0Albion has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Employers in Albion report 415 jobs, and 1,031 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Albion are A for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Albion in brief
Albion makes and builds things
62% of the jobs based in Albion are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Albion residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
One in three of Albion works in Madison
326 working residents, 32%, have their main job in Madison, 22 miles away. That’s 8 times as many as work in Albion itself. The commute map ↓
Albion empties out on a workday
About 1,400 people are in Albion on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than the 2,000 who live here: 990 head out to work and 370 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
Where Albion’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Albion is better than 88% of U.S. towns. Unemployment is its strongest input (2.0%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Albion could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Albion works in goods: 62% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Albion, 2013 → 2023: 134 → 415. 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.
32% of working residents work in Madison
Where Albion clocks in
32% of workers
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.
A workday in Albion: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 989 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 373 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Albion on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
The daily trip from Albion: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 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 905 commuters (the 14% 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.
How far it is to work from Albion
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.
The commute in Albion is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Albion is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 4.8% across Wisconsin, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,050 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.9% of Albion households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Albion’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Albion is 415th among 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 40 | Wind Point WI | 1,620 | $143K | 0.4% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 41 | North Prairie WI | 2,193 | $153K | 2.8% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Vandenbroek WI | 1,701 | $129K | 1.6% | 5.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 413 | Salado TX | 2,565 | $108K | 4.3% | 2.0% | 4% | A |
| 414 | Oregon Township IN | 1,881 | $91K | 1.0% | 1.7% | 1% | A |
| 415 | Albion WI | 2,007 | $108K | 5.2% | 2.0% | 4% | A |
| 416 | Des Allemands LA | 2,382 | $88K | 2.4% | 2.5% | 2% | A |
| 417 | Phenix Township IL | 1,650 | $136K | 2.7% | 4.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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.
11% of Albion works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Edgerton (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Albion workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albion | – | A | C+ | 25 min | $107,750 |
| Edgerton | 9% | B | B+ | 26 min | $72,489 |
| Christiana | under 2% | A− | C | 31 min | $83,750 |
| Fulton | 2% | A | C+ | 30 min | $101,336 |
| Sumner | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Dunkirk | under 2% | A− | C+ | 26 min | $102,604 |
| Lake Koshkonong | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sumner: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Lake Koshkonong: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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?
$107,750 (±$15,445) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Albion?
5.2%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Albion?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Albion work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madison (32%, 22 mi), Edgerton (9%, 4 mi), Stoughton (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Albion walkable?
Albion is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 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 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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.