Leslie Township has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Only 2% work in Leslie Township itself; outside it, Lansing draws the most (18%, 18 miles). Employers in Leslie Township report 189 jobs, against 810 working residents. For jobs and income Leslie Township is better than 67% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (D).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2021, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Leslie Township in brief
Inside Leslie Township’s Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Leslie Township’s grade up ($92,550, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate 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 three years behind.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Leslie Township could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Who works in Leslie Township, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 791 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Leslie Township on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Where Leslie Township goes to work
Where Leslie Township clocks in
18% of workers
5% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Leslie Township
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leslie Township, 2011 → 2021: 248 → 189. 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 Leslie Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 24 minutes from Leslie Township
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leslie Township workers work from home, vs 14% across Michigan. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 846 commuters (the 18% 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 it is to work from Leslie Township
About 22% 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.
In Leslie Township, most people drive to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 3.8% across Michigan, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,036 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.4% of Leslie Township households have no vehicle (Michigan 7.0%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Leslie Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Leslie Township is 1,353rd of 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | Caledonia MI | 1,778 | $106K | 3.7% | 0.5% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | Village of Grosse Pointe Shores MI | 2,533 | $190K | 2.7% | 3.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 216 | Wheatfield Township MI | 1,659 | $117K | 1.9% | 2.7% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,351 | Ocean Gate NJ | 2,005 | $69K | 6.0% | 3.9% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,352 | Cressona PA | 1,622 | $74K | 5.1% | 4.6% | 4% | B+ |
| 1,353 | Leslie Township MI | 2,308 | $93K | 7.3% | 4.4% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,354 | Florence Township OH | 2,362 | $111K | 7.8% | 4.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,355 | Sheldon VT | 2,192 | $79K | 5.1% | 1.0% | 4% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | 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 Leslie Township, the top three, the last and three more from Michigan.
How Leslie Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leslie Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie Township | – | B+ | D | 24 min | $92,550 |
| Bunker Hill Township | under 3% | B | D | 33 min | $79,852 |
| Vevay Township | under 3% | B | D− | 27 min | $110,000 |
| Onondaga Township | under 3% | B | D− | 29 min | $90,987 |
| Rives Township | under 3% | C+ | D | 24 min | $85,960 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Leslie 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 Leslie Township: questions
What is the median household income in Leslie Township?
$92,550 (±$11,748) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $72,875 across Michigan and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leslie Township?
7.3%, against 13.2% across Michigan and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leslie Township?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Michigan and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leslie Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lansing (18%, 18 mi), Leslie (5%, 2 mi), Mason (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2021).
Is Leslie Township walkable?
Leslie Township is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Leslie Township without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leslie Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leslie 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.