LeRoy has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
110 jobs are based in LeRoy for 225 working residents. Only 2% work in LeRoy itself; outside it, Burlington draws the most (14%, 10 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, next to 12% for Kansas as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where LeRoy stands out on work
A big share show a job far from home
42% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Few LeRoy workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 12% across Kansas. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 225 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Short hops and long hauls from LeRoy
About 42% 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.
The daily trip from LeRoy: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of LeRoy workers work from home, vs 12% across Kansas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 204 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Kansas: 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.
Who works in LeRoy, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 220 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in LeRoy on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Out of LeRoy to work: where people go
Where LeRoy clocks in
14% of workers
8% 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.
The kinds of work in LeRoy
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in LeRoy, 2013 → 2023: 157 → 110. 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 LeRoy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 LeRoy: questions
What is the median household income in LeRoy?
$51,750 (±$12,299) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,275 across Kansas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in LeRoy?
17.8%, against 11.3% across Kansas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from LeRoy?
24 minutes each way on average, against 20 across Kansas and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in LeRoy work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burlington (14%, 10 mi), Hampden Township (10%, 8 mi), Topeka (8%, 66 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around LeRoy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from LeRoy, from the people who make the trip.
More of LeRoy
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.