Leroy Township has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Leroy Township report 243 jobs; 1,391 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Leroy Township are A− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 7% of workers work from home, where Michigan as a whole has 14%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Leroy Township in brief
Leroy Township and Battle Creek trade workers both ways
Battle Creek is the top workplace for Leroy Township residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Leroy Township come from (23% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Leroy Township is a place people come home to
There are 243 jobs based in Leroy Township, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Leroy Township has about 2,500 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Income, poverty and work: Leroy Township’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Leroy Township is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #139 of 701 in Michigan. The poverty rate is its strongest input (3.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 56% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
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, Leroy Township could be anywhere from C+ to A+.
31% of working residents work in Battle Creek
Where Leroy Township clocks in
31% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Leroy Township
On a workday 1,351 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 203 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,500 people are in Leroy Township on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Leroy Township works in goods: 33% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leroy Township, 2011 → 2021: 215 → 243. 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 Leroy Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 20 minutes in Leroy Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leroy Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,708 commuters (the 7% 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.
Half of Leroy Township commutes less than 13 miles
About 20% 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.
Most of Leroy Township commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Leroy Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns, #548 of 701 in Michigan. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,835 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). 2.7% of Leroy Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Leroy Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Leroy Township is 785th among 4,318 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 25 | Franklin MI | 3,134 | $194K | 2.8% | 2.0% | 1% | A+ |
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| 116 | Vergennes Township MI | 4,968 | $113K | 1.5% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
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| 120 | Ann Arbor Township MI | 4,506 | $165K | 7.2% | 0.5% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 783 | Point Pleasant Beach NJ | 4,993 | $142K | 5.2% | 5.6% | 17% | A− |
| 784 | Ovilla TX | 4,808 | $131K | 5.9% | 6.2% | 1% | A− |
| 785 | Leroy Township MI | 3,680 | $82K | 3.4% | 2.4% | 3% | A− |
| 786 | Lithopolis OH | 2,969 | $115K | 7.5% | 4.3% | 2% | A− |
| 787 | Polk Township IN | 2,720 | $91K | 5.7% | 0.5% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,318 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Leroy Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
Next door is work for 31% of Leroy Township
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leroy Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy Township | – | A− | C− | 20 min | $81,638 |
| Newton Township | under 2% | B | D− | 21 min | $74,453 |
| Athens Township | under 2% | B | C− | 27 min | $62,841 |
| Battle Creek | 31% | C− | B+ | 19 min | $55,693 |
| Climax Township | under 2% | B | C− | 27 min | $75,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Battle Creek. Darker towns draw more of Leroy 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 Leroy Township: questions
What is the median household income in Leroy Township?
$81,638 (±$32,903) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leroy Township?
3.4%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leroy Township?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leroy Township work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Battle Creek (31%, 7 mi), Emmett Township (6%, 8 mi), Marshall (5%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Leroy Township walkable?
Leroy Township is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Leroy Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leroy Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leroy 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.