Leando has 2.4 jobs for every working resident: 78 people commute in to work
13.5% of residents live below the poverty line; Iowa has 11.1%. Leando has 78 jobs for 32 working residents. Hardly any stay in Leando for work; outside it, Keosauqua is the main destination (13%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Leando, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 32 residents head out to work and none work right here.
About 120 people are in Leando on a workday afternoon, 62% 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.
The towns that send workers to Leando
Where Leando clocks in
13% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Leando
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leando, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 78. 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 Leando’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Leando, by distance
About 39% 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.
Leando and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leando workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leando | – | — | — | — | — |
| Douds | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Douds: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Leando’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 Leando: questions
What is the poverty rate in Leando?
13.5%, against 11.1% across Iowa and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Leando work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Keosauqua (13%, 8 mi), Fairfield (13%, 14 mi), Council Bluffs (6%, 199 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leando, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leando
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.