Le Roy has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average (Michigan 24, U.S. 26). Employers in Le Roy report 44 jobs; 89 of its residents have a job. 12% of workers have no commute at all, next to 14% for Michigan as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Le Roy, and who commutes in
On a workday 87 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Le Roy on a workday afternoon, 18% 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 2021, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Cadillac
Where Le Roy 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.
What Le Roy’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Le Roy, 2011 → 2021: 28 → 44. 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 2021.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Le Roy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Le Roy: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Le Roy workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 90 commuters (the 12% who work from home are left out). Across Michigan: 86% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Le Roy
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 2021.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Next door is work for 13% of Le Roy
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Le Roy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Roy | – | — | — | 25 min | $70,250 |
| Le Roy Township | 13% | C | C− | 29 min | $67,500 |
| Rose Lake Township | under 3% | D | D | 32 min | $62,083 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Le Roy Township. Darker towns draw more of Le Roy’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 2021, 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?
$70,250 (±$3,797) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Le Roy?
6.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Le Roy?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Le Roy work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cadillac (13%, 14 mi), Le Roy Township (13%, 2 mi), Reed City (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Le Roy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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), 2021, 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.