Wilhelm Pelster House-Barn · Photo: Michael.w.pelster · CC BY-SA 4.0Leslie has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
12 jobs are based in Leslie, against 59 working residents. Hardly any work in Leslie; the top destination outside it is Washington (12%, 15 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 13% across Missouri.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Leslie, and who commutes in
On a workday 59 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Leslie on a workday afternoon, 30% 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 the trip to work from Leslie ends
Where Leslie clocks in
12% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Leslie
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leslie, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 12. 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 Leslie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 34 minutes in Leslie
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leslie workers work from home, vs 13% across Missouri. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 50 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across Missouri: 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 Leslie commutes less than 25 miles
About 19% 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.
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 Leslie: questions
What is the poverty rate in Leslie?
6.6%, against 12.6% across Missouri and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leslie?
34 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Missouri and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leslie work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Washington (12%, 15 mi), Owensville (8%, 15 mi), Gerald (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Leslie without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leslie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leslie
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.