Alvin S. Keys House · Photo: Jim Roberts · CC BY-SA 4.0Leland Grove’s household incomes are higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
Hardly any work in Leland Grove; the top destination outside it is Springfield (69%, 2 miles). 2.9% of residents live below the poverty line, against 11.8% across Illinois. The two grades for Leland Grove are A+ for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Leland Grove: the figures worth knowing
More than half of Leland Grove works in Springfield
465 working residents, 69%, have their main job in Springfield, 2.3 miles away. That’s far more as work in Leland Grove itself. The commute map ↓
Most Leland Grove residents work close to home
76% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. How far ↓
Leland Grove is a place people come home to
There are 164 jobs based in Leland Grove, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Leland Grove has about 890 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 676 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Leland Grove’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Leland Grove is better than 97% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 72% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (2.5%) is left out: Leland Grove’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, Leland Grove could be anywhere from A to A+.
Where Leland Grove’s working residents head each day
Where Leland Grove clocks in
69% of workers
2% of workers
1% 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.
Leland Grove’s commute, mile by mile
About 19% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Leland Grove on a workday afternoon
On a workday 673 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 161 people come in from elsewhere.
About 890 people are in Leland Grove on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.24 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 2024, primary jobs.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Leland Grove
164 jobs are based in Leland Grove.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leland Grove, 2014 → 2024: 150 → 164. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Leland Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Leland Grove, about 16 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leland Grove workers work from home, vs 16% across Illinois. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 568 commuters (the 20% 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.
Leland Grove is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Leland Grove is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% 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 714 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, 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). 3.6% of Leland Grove households have no vehicle (Illinois 11.0%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Leland Grove’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Leland Grove ranks: 122nd of 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Tower Lakes IL | 1,201 | $154K | 2.0% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 32 | Third Lake IL | 1,103 | $150K | 2.0% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 37 | Lily Lake IL | 1,073 | $140K | 0.2% | 8.9% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 120 | Avilla AR | 1,833 | $106K | 0.0% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| 121 | Queen Anne MD | 1,443 | $103K | 4.0% | 19.2% | <1% | A+ |
| 122 | Leland Grove IL | 1,401 | $131K | 2.9% | 2.5% | <1% | A+ |
| 123 | Money Creek Township IL | 1,045 | $191K | 0.0% | 3.9% | <1% | A+ |
| 124 | Heritage Creek KY | 1,244 | $100K | 2.4% | 1.6% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Leland Grove, the top three, the last and three more from Illinois.
Leland Grove and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Woodside Township (1%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leland Grove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leland Grove | – | A+ | B | 16 min | $130,833 |
| Woodside Township | 1% | B | A | 18 min | $73,007 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Leland Grove’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 2024, 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 Leland Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Leland Grove?
$130,833 (±$21,869) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $83,390 across Illinois and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leland Grove?
2.9%, against 11.8% across Illinois and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leland Grove?
16 minutes each way on average, against 28 across Illinois and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leland Grove work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Springfield (69%, 2 mi), Chicago (2%, 176 mi), Woodside Township (1%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Leland Grove walkable?
Leland Grove is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 10.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Leland Grove without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leland Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leland Grove
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.