Leonard at work: jobs, income and the commute
The trip to work takes 36 minutes on average, next to 24 for Michigan and 26 for the U.S. At home: 5% of workers have no commute at all (Michigan 14%). Hardly any work in Leonard; the top destination outside it is Auburn Hills (10%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Leonard, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 156 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Leonard on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.60 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 2021, primary jobs.
The places Leonard commutes to
Where Leonard clocks in
10% of workers
10% 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.
Goods, not services: 84% of the jobs in Leonard
93 jobs are based in Leonard.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leonard, 2011 → 2021: 30 → 93. 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 Leonard’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 36 minutes to work from Leonard
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leonard workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 133 commuters (the 5% 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.
How far Leonard’s workers travel
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.
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 Leonard: questions
What is the median household income in Leonard?
$76,875 (±$24,104) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leonard?
4.6%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leonard?
36 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leonard work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Auburn Hills (10%, 14 mi), Rochester Hills (10%, 14 mi), Troy (8%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Can you get around Leonard without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leonard, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leonard
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.