How Leoni Township works: jobs, income and commuting
About one in ten work in Leoni Township itself; outside it, Jackson draws the most (21%, 6 miles). For jobs and income Leoni Township is better than 58% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (C). Working residents average 23 minutes each way, next to 24 for Michigan and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Leoni Township at work: what stands out
A lot of Leoni Township works one town over
40% of working residents work in a town that borders Leoni Township: Jackson (21%), Blackman Township (11%) and Summit Township (6%). Next door ↓
Leoni Township makes and builds things
39% of the jobs based in Leoni Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Leoni Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Leoni Township has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Leoni Township went from 2,964 in 2011 to 4,252 in 2021, +43%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2021, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; 2021 is the newest year Michigan has published; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Leoni Township gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Job access by car holds Leoni Township’s grade up (ahead of 66% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate pulls it down (10.4%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
The commuting and job counts on this page are Census LEHD 2021: Michigan reports later than other states, so its newest year is two years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Leoni Township could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Leoni Township makes things: 39% of its jobs are in goods
4,252 jobs are based in Leoni Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leoni Township, 2011 → 2021: 2,964 → 4,252. 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 Leoni Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Leoni Township
On a workday 4,704 residents head out to work, 538 work right here, and 3,714 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).
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 towns that employ Leoni Township’s residents
Where Leoni Township clocks in
21% 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.
About 23 minutes each way for Leoni Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leoni Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,754 commuters (the 11% 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 Leoni Township goes to work
About 16% 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.
Few in Leoni Township walk, bike or ride to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,466 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.2% of Leoni Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Leoni Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,222nd of 2,227: where Leoni Township ranks among U.S. towns of 10,000 to 19,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
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| 9 | Ada Township MI | 14,769 | $168K | 2.0% | 0.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | Southfield Township MI | 14,671 | $185K | 4.7% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,220 | Los Alamitos CA | 11,702 | $97K | 8.9% | 9.2% | 6% | B |
| 1,221 | Grovetown GA | 17,939 | $86K | 11.1% | 4.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,222 | Leoni Township MI | 13,764 | $77K | 10.4% | 3.8% | 10% | B |
| 1,223 | Jefferson Township OH | 13,804 | $70K | 11.5% | 1.6% | 33% | B |
| 1,224 | Derby CT | 12,925 | $80K | 10.8% | 5.6% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,227 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Leoni Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Leoni Township and its neighbors: 40% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leoni Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leoni Township | – | B | C | 23 min | $76,605 |
| Henrietta Township | under 2% | B− | D− | 29 min | $81,339 |
| Jackson | 21% | D | A− | 17 min | $44,558 |
| Napoleon Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 28 min | $73,793 |
| Grass Lake Township | 2% | A | B | 25 min | $95,692 |
| Summit Township | 6% | C+ | C | 19 min | $65,987 |
| Blackman Township | 11% | B− | C | 18 min | $60,810 |
| Waterloo Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 32 min | $74,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Jackson. Darker towns draw more of Leoni Township’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 Leoni Township: questions
What is the median household income in Leoni Township?
$76,605 (±$8,025) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leoni Township?
10.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leoni Township?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leoni Township work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Jackson (21%, 6 mi), Blackman Township (11%, 6 mi), Summit Township (6%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Leoni Township walkable?
Leoni Township is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Leoni Township 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 Leoni Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leoni Township
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. 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.