Household incomes in Lealman trail those of 93% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 6.0 in Tampa. 15.6% of residents live below the poverty line; Florida has 12.6%. For jobs and income Lealman is better than 28% of U.S. towns (C); for walkability it is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (A−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Lealman in brief
Income, poverty and work: Lealman’s grade explained
Job access by car holds Lealman’s grade up (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($45,308, U.S. $80,734).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lealman could be anywhere from C− to C+.
22% of working residents work in St. Petersburg
Where Lealman clocks in
22% of workers
9% 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 flow of workers through Lealman
On a workday 9,621 residents head out to work, 325 work right here, and 6,522 people come in from elsewhere.
About 17,000 people are in Lealman on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.69 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.
Inside Lealman’s 6,847 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lealman, 2013 → 2023: 6,198 → 6,847. 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 Lealman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Lealman: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lealman workers work from home, vs 16% across Florida. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,671 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Florida: 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Lealman
About 16% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Lealman
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.6% across Florida.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,313 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 35% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 83% 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). 10.0% of Lealman households have no vehicle (Florida 6.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Lealman’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lealman places 1,618th of 1,931 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 14,000 to 28,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 72 | Pinecrest FL | 18,635 | $206K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 98 | Lake Butler FL | 17,125 | $183K | 3.7% | 2.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 127 | Palm Valley FL | 19,796 | $117K | 4.2% | 1.2% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,616 | Cortland NY | 17,394 | $59K | 20.8% | 4.2% | 23% | C |
| 1,617 | Leisure City FL | 27,808 | $42K | 24.5% | 4.5% | 2% | C |
| 1,618 | Lealman FL | 20,567 | $45K | 15.6% | 7.2% | 3% | C |
| 1,619 | Cañon City CO | 17,030 | $65K | 13.4% | 4.2% | 35% | C |
| 1,620 | Carthage MO | 15,895 | $51K | 27.2% | 3.2% | 32% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 1,931 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Lealman, the top three, the last and three more from Florida.
Next door is work for 32% of Lealman
The biggest share goes to St. Petersburg (22%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lealman workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lealman | – | C | A− | 25 min | $45,308 |
| Pinellas Park | 10% | B− | A− | 23 min | $63,432 |
| St. Petersburg | 22% | B | A | 26 min | $75,192 |
| Kenneth City | under 2% | B− | A | 27 min | $49,347 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lealman’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 Lealman: questions
What is the median household income in Lealman?
$45,308 (±$2,986) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,568 across Florida and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lealman?
15.6%, against 12.6% across Florida and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lealman?
25 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Florida and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lealman work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Petersburg (22%, 4 mi), Pinellas Park (10%, 3 mi), Tampa (9%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lealman walkable?
Lealman is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 14.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lealman without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 35% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lealman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lealman
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.