Earning a living in Leeds
Employers in Leeds report 142 jobs, against 164 working residents. About one in ten stay in Leeds for work; outside it, Maddock is the main destination (13%, 23 miles). Commuters spend 11 minutes getting to work on average; the North Dakota average is 18, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Leeds
On a workday 148 residents head out to work, 16 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).
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 Leeds goes to work
Where Leeds clocks in
13% of workers
10% 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.
What Leeds’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leeds, 2013 → 2023: 95 → 142. 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 Leeds’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 11 minutes in Leeds
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leeds workers work from home, vs 8% across North Dakota. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 246 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across North Dakota: 85% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Leeds
About 30% 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.
How Leeds compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leeds workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | – | — | — | 11 min | $86,172 |
| Leeds Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
| Lake Ibsen Township | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Leeds Township and Lake Ibsen Township: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Leeds’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 Leeds: questions
What is the median household income in Leeds?
$86,172 (±$35,594) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,657 across North Dakota and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leeds?
6.8%, against 10.8% across North Dakota and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leeds?
11 minutes each way on average, against 18 across North Dakota and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leeds work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Maddock (13%, 23 mi), Devils Lake (10%, 28 mi), Rugby (7%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Leeds without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leeds, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leeds
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.