Leonidas Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Working from home is the commute for 3% of workers, against 14% across Michigan. Employers in Leonidas Township report 47 jobs, and 521 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Leonidas Township is better than 16% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Leonidas Township: the gist
Leonidas Township is a place people come home to
There are 47 jobs based in Leonidas Township, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Leonidas Township has about 680 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Leonidas Township workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 14% across Michigan. 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 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; with 521 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Leonidas Township: the grade in detail
Household income holds Leonidas Township’s grade up ($70,673, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (23.0%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (3.5%) is left out: Leonidas Township’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
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 fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Leonidas Township could be anywhere from D to C.
The daily commute in and out of Leonidas Township
On a workday 517 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Leonidas Township on a workday afternoon, 41% 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.
Time on the road from Leonidas Township: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leonidas Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 428 commuters (the 3% 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.
9% of working residents work in Mendon Township
Where Leonidas Township clocks in
8% of workers
6% 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.
In Leonidas Township, 36% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leonidas Township, 2011 → 2021: 6 → 47. 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 Leonidas Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Leonidas Township
About 23% 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.
Driving is how Leonidas Township gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 3.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 441 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). 13.7% of Leonidas Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Leonidas Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Leonidas Township comes 3,167th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 110 | Dimondale MI | 1,183 | $111K | 3.2% | 4.6% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 271 | Petersburg MI | 1,152 | $83K | 1.8% | 1.7% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 319 | Milan Township MI | 1,540 | $96K | 6.0% | 4.1% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,165 | Williamsburg PA | 1,196 | $51K | 13.9% | 4.3% | 13% | C− |
| 3,166 | Loretto PA | 1,135 | $64K | 36.4% | 8.4% | 4% | C− |
| 3,167 | Leonidas Township MI | 1,158 | $71K | 23.0% | 3.5% | 1% | C− |
| 3,168 | Fairgrove Township MI | 1,528 | $51K | 10.5% | 1.4% | 3% | C− |
| 3,169 | Coventry NY | 1,484 | $63K | 15.0% | 3.6% | 1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Leonidas Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Work next door: 11% of Leonidas Township’s workers
The biggest share goes to Mendon Township (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leonidas Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonidas Township | – | C− | C− | 27 min | $70,673 |
| Mendon Township | 9% | B− | C− | 27 min | $75,962 |
| Colon Township | 2% | C+ | B | 22 min | $65,602 |
| Wakeshma Township | under 3% | B | C− | 29 min | $77,917 |
| Sherwood Township | under 3% | C | D− | 35 min | $64,531 |
| Brady Township | under 3% | A− | C− | 26 min | $108,954 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Leonidas 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 Leonidas Township: questions
What is the median household income in Leonidas Township?
$70,673 (±$10,695) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leonidas Township?
23.0%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leonidas Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leonidas Township work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mendon Township (9%, 7 mi), Sturgis (8%, 17 mi), Three Rivers (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Leonidas Township walkable?
Leonidas Township is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 3.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Leonidas Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 14% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leonidas Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leonidas 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.