First State Bank of LeRoy · Photo: McGhiever · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and earnings in Le Roy, and the trip to work
A typical one-way commute lasts 36 minutes, next to 23 for Minnesota and 26 for the U.S. Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, next to 18% for Minnesota as a whole. Only 7% stay in Le Roy for work; outside it, Rochester is the main destination (21%, 35 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Le Roy apart
Le Roy’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Le Roy is Rochester, 35 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (88) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Le Roy workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 23 across Minnesota. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Le Roy
64% of Le Roy residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 34% of the jobs based in Le Roy pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 93% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 422 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The commute from Le Roy, by distance
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The trip to work from Le Roy: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Le Roy workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 330 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Minnesota: 84% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The kinds of work in Le Roy
302 jobs are based in Le Roy.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Le Roy, 2013 → 2023: 260 → 302. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Le Roy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Le Roy
On a workday 391 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 271 people come in from elsewhere.
About 850 people are in Le Roy on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.72 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Le Roy goes to work
Where Le Roy clocks in
21% of workers
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.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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 Le Roy: questions
What is the median household income in Le Roy?
$54,485 (±$10,280) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $89,062 across Minnesota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Le Roy?
12.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Le Roy?
36 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Le Roy work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rochester (21%, 35 mi), Austin (21%, 26 mi), Adams (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Le Roy 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 Le Roy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Le Roy
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.