Photo: PopePompus · CC BY-SA 4.0About half of Le Roy’s working residents commute to Osceola
Hardly any work in Le Roy; the top destination outside it is Osceola (50%, 15 miles). 25% of workers have no commute at all, where Iowa as a whole has 11%. No jobs are based in Le Roy in the Census job records; 4 of its residents work elsewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Le Roy for work, and who comes in
On a workday 4 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6 people are in Le Roy on a workday afternoon, 40% fewer than live here.
0.00 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 Le Roy’s working residents head each day
Where Le Roy clocks in
50% of workers
25% of workers
25% 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.
Working from home in Le Roy
of Le Roy workers work from home, vs 11% across Iowa. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9 commuters (the 25% who work from home are left out). Across Iowa: 86% 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 in the region Le Roy works
About 25% 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.
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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Le Roy workers work outside Iowa. The job records count 25% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Le Roy: questions
What is the median household income in Le Roy?
$56,875 (±$52,377) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $75,059 across Iowa and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Le Roy?
5.3%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Le Roy work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Le Roy 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 Le Roy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Le Roy
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.