Photo: Myotus · CC BY 4.0Most of Leonidas commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 18% across Minnesota. Leonidas has 5 jobs, and 17 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Leonidas itself; outside it, Virginia draws the most (29%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Leonidas
On a workday 17 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 39 people are in Leonidas on a workday afternoon, 24% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Leonidas’ working residents head each day
Where Leonidas clocks in
29% of workers
29% 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, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leonidas, 2013 → 2023: 56 → 5. 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 Leonidas’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Leonidas: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leonidas workers work from home, vs 18% across Minnesota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 19 commuters (the 0% 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 distance from Leonidas to work
About 41% 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.
Leonidas and its neighbors: 24% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leonidas workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonidas | – | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Eveleth | under 6% | D | B | 20 min | $50,725 |
| Mountain Iron | 24% | B− | B+ | 16 min | $83,293 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Mountain Iron. Darker towns draw more of Leonidas’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 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 Leonidas: questions
What is the poverty rate in Leonidas?
45.9%, against 9.3% across Minnesota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leonidas?
30 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Minnesota and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leonidas work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Virginia (29%, 4 mi), Duluth (29%, 52 mi), Mountain Iron (24%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Leonidas without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 21% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leonidas, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leonidas
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.