Photo: Willjay · CC BY 3.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Le Roy works elsewhere
There are 759 jobs in Le Roy, and 1,554 of its residents work somewhere. Le Roy grades A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. About one in seven work in Le Roy itself; outside it, Bloomington draws the most (32%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Le Roy: the gist
The better-paid jobs are outside Le Roy
62% of Le Roy residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 35% of the jobs based in Le Roy pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 86% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Le Roy pay little
30% of the jobs based in Le Roy pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 33% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
One in three of Le Roy works in Bloomington
496 working residents, 32%, have their main job in Bloomington, 15 miles away. That’s twice as many as work in Le Roy itself. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Le Roy are quick
The average trip to work takes 23 minutes, against 28 across Illinois. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Illinois 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.
Where Le Roy’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Le Roy is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #277 of 768 in Illinois. The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 52% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Le Roy could be anywhere from B− to A.
Jobs in Le Roy: what the 759 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Le Roy, 2013 → 2023: 706 → 759. 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 Le Roy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Le Roy commutes to
Where Le Roy clocks in
32% of workers
11% 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.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Le Roy
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Le Roy workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,437 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Illinois: 78% drive alone, 7% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Who works in Le Roy, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,344 residents head out to work, 210 work right here, and 549 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Le Roy on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
How many miles Le Roy commutes
About 20% 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 Le Roy start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Le Roy is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns, #672 of 768 in Illinois. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 10.8% across Illinois.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,661 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 5.2% of Le Roy households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Le Roy’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,400 to 4,700, Le Roy ranks 1,012th of 4,535 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Deer Park IL | 3,647 | $174K | 1.3% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,010 | Bar Nunn WY | 3,012 | $99K | 2.2% | 3.6% | 1% | A− |
| 1,011 | Danville NH | 4,650 | $115K | 12.1% | 1.6% | 2% | A− |
| 1,012 | Le Roy IL | 3,465 | $82K | 2.8% | 3.2% | 14% | A− |
| 1,013 | Heyworth IL | 2,869 | $97K | 6.1% | 3.2% | 10% | A− |
| 1,014 | Corinna Township MN | 2,596 | $88K | 5.8% | 1.8% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,535 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Le Roy, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
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 Le Roy: questions
What is the median household income in Le Roy?
$81,875 (±$17,225) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Le Roy?
2.8%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Le Roy?
23 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Le Roy work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bloomington (32%, 14 mi), Normal (11%, 17 mi), Peoria (3%, 53 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Le Roy walkable?
Le Roy is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Le Roy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
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. 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.