Photo: Ammodramus · Public domainWork and commuting in Leigh
The trip to work takes 22 minutes on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. For 1% of workers, the job is at home, next to 11% for Nebraska as a whole. About one in ten work in Leigh itself; outside it, Clarkson draws the most (12%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Leigh: the gist
How long Leigh spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leigh workers work from home, vs 11% across Nebraska. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 207 commuters (the 1% who work from home are left out). Across Nebraska: 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.
A workday in Leigh: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 204 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 159 people come in from elsewhere.
About 420 people are in Leigh on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 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.
Out of Leigh to work: where people go
Where Leigh clocks in
12% 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.
The 178 jobs based in Leigh
178 jobs are based in Leigh.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leigh, 2013 → 2023: 126 → 178. 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 Leigh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Leigh
About 21% 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 Leigh: questions
What is the median household income in Leigh?
$63,500 (±$27,070) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $76,475 across Nebraska and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leigh?
6.1%, against 10.6% across Nebraska and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leigh?
22 minutes each way on average, against 19 across Nebraska and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leigh work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Clarkson (12%, 6 mi), Columbus (7%, 19 mi), Howells (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Leigh 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 Leigh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leigh
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.