Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Leiters Ford
There are 43 jobs in Leiters Ford; 74 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 0% of workers (Indiana 11%). Hardly any stay in Leiters Ford for work; outside it, Rochester is the main destination (19%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Leiters Ford, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 74 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Leiters Ford on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.58 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 people from Leiters Ford work
Where Leiters Ford clocks in
Lines 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.
Goods jobs make up 91% of work in Leiters Ford
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leiters Ford, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 43. 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 Leiters Ford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Leiters Ford
of Leiters Ford workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 83 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Leiters Ford
About 35% 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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Leiters Ford: questions
What is the median household income in Leiters Ford?
$43,798 (±$42,045) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leiters Ford?
0.0%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Leiters Ford work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (19%, 10 mi), Culver (5%, 7 mi), Lafayette (5%, 56 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Leiters Ford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 32% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leiters Ford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leiters Ford
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.