With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Leroy works elsewhere
Only 2% stay in Leroy for work; outside it, Mobile is the main destination (18%, 58 miles). 133 jobs are based in Leroy for 308 working residents. For jobs and income Leroy is better than 62% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (D−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Leroy, in brief
Leroy’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Leroy is Mobile, 58 miles away as the crow flies. 18% of working residents (55) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
49% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Leroy than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Leroy fell from 362 in 2013 to 133 in 2023, −63%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
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 308 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Leroy’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Leroy’s grade up (1.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.9%) is left out: Leroy’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, Leroy could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Leroy’s commute, mile by mile
About 49% 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.
74% of the jobs in Leroy pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leroy, 2013 → 2023: 362 → 133. 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 Leroy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Leroy, and who commutes in
On a workday 302 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere.
About 900 people are in Leroy on a workday afternoon, 16% 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 places Leroy commutes to
Where Leroy clocks in
18% of workers
13% of workers
6% 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.
The daily trip from Leroy: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leroy workers work from home, vs 9% across Alabama. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 307 commuters (the 10% 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.
In Leroy, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 342 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). 0.0% of Leroy households have no vehicle (Alabama 5.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Leroy’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Leroy ranks 862nd of 3,771 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Shoal Creek AL | 1,328 | $218K | 0.0% | 2.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 196 | Rock Creek AL | 1,103 | $84K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 210 | Blue Ridge AL | 1,190 | $128K | 6.2% | 0.0% | 0% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 860 | Augusta Township OH | 1,470 | $84K | 6.9% | 6.0% | 1% | B |
| 861 | Packer Township PA | 1,029 | $78K | 5.1% | 8.2% | 2% | B |
| 862 | Leroy AL | 1,075 | $93K | 1.0% | 3.9% | 2% | B |
| 863 | Howe IN | 1,092 | $60K | 2.8% | 0.0% | 2% | B |
| 864 | Cleveland AL | 1,262 | $71K | 4.0% | 5.6% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Leroy, the top three, the last and three more from Alabama.
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 Leroy: questions
What is the median household income in Leroy?
$93,036 (±$33,493) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $63,999 across Alabama and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leroy?
1.0%, against 15.6% across Alabama and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leroy?
16 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Alabama and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leroy work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mobile (18%, 58 mi), Jackson (13%, 6 mi), Chatom (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Leroy walkable?
Leroy is more walkable than 3% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Leroy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leroy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leroy
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.