Cheyenne draws about two in three of Albin’s working residents
2% of workers have no commute at all, where Wyoming as a whole has 9%. Hardly any work in Albin; the top destination outside it is Cheyenne (69%, 41 miles). The trip to work takes 21 minutes on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Albin
On a workday 71 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Albin on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
0.23 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Albin goes to work
Where Albin clocks in
69% of workers
4% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 50% of the jobs in Albin
16 jobs are based in Albin.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Albin, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 16. 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 Albin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 21 minutes each way for Albin’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Albin workers work from home, vs 9% across Wyoming. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 86 commuters (the 2% who work from home are left out). Across Wyoming: 83% 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 many miles Albin commutes
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.
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 Albin: questions
What is the median household income in Albin?
$170,154 (±$162,129) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,176 across Wyoming and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Albin?
9.6%, against 10.5% across Wyoming and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Albin?
21 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Wyoming and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Albin work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Albin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Albin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Albin
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.