1. Albion: The Workforce Challenge
Presented October 23, 2018
Albion Chamber of Commerce

2. Top 3 Industry Sectors
These numbers are for Zip Code 46701, which includes Albion, Wolf Lake, Merriam and Burr Oak.
Manufacturing: 1,007 Jobs Projected growth in the next decade: 6% Annual earnings: $61,579
Government: 454 Jobs Projected growth in next decade: 0% Annual earnings: $47,371
Health Care: 317 Jobs Projected decline in next decade: -6% Annual earnings: $29,416

3. Top Growth Sectors
These numbers are for Zip Code 46701, which includes Albion, Wolf Lake, Merriam and Burr Oak.
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (Consulting, engineering, testing labs): 111 Jobs Projected growth in next decade: 23% Annual earnings: $43,219
Transportation and Warehousing: 72 Jobs Projected growth in next decade: 22% Annual earnings: $53,818
Retail Trade: 79 Jobs Projected growth in next decade: 10% Annual earnings: $22,687

4. Earnings Comparisons
These numbers are for Zip Code 46701, which includes Albion, Wolf Lake, Merriam and Burr Oak. Earnings have risen 19% in the last five years, but…
Albion Area
Region
Difference
Noble
Manufacturing
$61,579
$68,310
-$6,731
$58,280
Government
$47,371
$51,168
-$3,797
$46,216
Health Care
$29,416
$55,975
-26,559
$42,327

5. Educational Attainment
Albion residents 25 and older:
Albion
Indiana
No high school diploma or equivalent
10.9%
8.0%
High school diploma or equivalent
49.1%
34.2%
Some college, no degree
16.7%
20.8%
Associate’s Degree
9.9%
8.4%
Bachelor’s Degree
8.6%
15.7%
Graduate or professional degree
2.4%
8.9%
All data points provided throughout presentation are from PY 17/18, which was a record year in all business services efforts and activities in the past 4 program years.

6. Poverty Albion residents: Albion Indiana All families 13.5% 10.7%
With related household children younger than 18
25.4%
17.8%
With related household children younger than 5
20.5%
20.3%
Families with female head of house, no husband
46.5%
32.5%
All data points provided throughout presentation are from PY 17/18, which was a record year in all business services efforts and activities in the past 4 program years.

7. Net Domestic Migration
Net domestic migration includes people coming to an area from somewhere else in the U.S. and leaving an area for another U.S. location:
Noble County’s net domestic migration in 2017 was -183.
Noble County’s net domestic migration has been in the negative since 2001.
Noble County’s worst net domestic migration number was in 2002.

8. Talent Development, Retention & Attraction
Developing: Career awareness and pathways; more training opportunities for workforce newcomers and incumbent workers; improved educational attainment; more work-based learning opportunities; soft
skills/work ethic focus.
Retaining and Attracting: Higher wages; improved quality-of-life amenities; collaborative marketing; building economic diversity; access
to affordable transportation, child
care.

9. Talent Development, Retention & Attraction
What did 417 Noble County residents say in a 2018 online survey?
Noble County should emphasize that it is a quiet, peaceful, family friendly, safe and economical place to live with plenty of lakes.
Noble County needs more cultural and social activities, quality affordable housing, higher wages, improved internet accessibility, better restaurants and educational systems, expanded job diversity, and fewer drug problems.

10. Regarding Housing
A Purdue Center for Regional Development study concluded:
Local leaders need to consider how to reduce the cost burden for households; this may mean taking a hard look at ways to improve wages/salaries of local workers and/or add more affordable rental units.
Local leaders need to tackle 21st century housing needs; more than half of the housing units in town are made up of single-parent- headed or non-family households.
Forty percent of all housing units were built before (This may deter millennials from working and settling in Albion.)

11. Tackling the Challenge
WHAT DO YOU THINK?