A job hub: Leesburg has 2.1 jobs per working resident, and 840 people come in to work
Household incomes here are lower than in 79% of U.S. towns. 859 jobs are based in Leesburg; 413 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Leesburg C−; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Leesburg and work: the main findings
Leesburg is where the jobs are
Leesburg has 859 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,500 people are in town, 44% more than the 1,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Leesburg makes and builds things
57% of the jobs based in Leesburg are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Leesburg residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 23%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Leesburg are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 26 across Alabama. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Alabama 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 413 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Leesburg: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Leesburg is better than 21% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Leesburg’s grade up (10.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 21% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.6%) is left out: Leesburg’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Leesburg could be anywhere from D to B−.
In and out of Leesburg on a workday
On a workday 394 residents head out to work and 19 work right here.
About 1,500 people are in Leesburg on a workday afternoon, 44% more 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.
Leesburg makes things: 57% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leesburg, 2013 → 2023: 656 → 859. 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 Leesburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Leesburg: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leesburg workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 428 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Alabama: 88% 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.
Where Leesburg’s workers come from
Where Leesburg clocks in
10% 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.
Leesburg’s commute, mile by mile
About 29% 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.
Most trips from Leesburg start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Leesburg is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 1.7% across Alabama, on an EPA index of 3.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 445 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). 1.2% of Leesburg households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Leesburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Leesburg places 2,092nd of 3,133 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Shoal Creek AL | 1,328 | $218K | 0.0% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 151 | Rock Creek AL | 1,103 | $84K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 162 | Blue Ridge AL | 1,190 | $128K | 6.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,090 | Dunlap IA | 1,030 | $49K | 7.2% | 5.7% | 14% | C− |
| 2,091 | Hamer SC | 1,042 | $64K | 16.2% | 5.1% | 2% | C− |
| 2,092 | Leesburg AL | 1,009 | $57K | 10.8% | 2.6% | 5% | C− |
| 2,093 | Greenup IL | 1,330 | $51K | 9.2% | 3.3% | 23% | C− |
| 2,094 | North English IA | 1,041 | $55K | 10.3% | 3.7% | 7% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Leesburg, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
Leesburg and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Sand Rock (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leesburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leesburg | – | C− | D | 21 min | $56,875 |
| Sand Rock | 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sand Rock: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Leesburg’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 Leesburg: questions
What is the median household income in Leesburg?
$56,875 (±$14,035) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leesburg?
10.8%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leesburg?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leesburg work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Centre (14%, 6 mi), Gadsden (10%, 18 mi), Fort Payne (9%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Leesburg walkable?
Leesburg is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Leesburg 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 Leesburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leesburg
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.