With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Leesburg works elsewhere
At home: 24% of workers have no commute at all (New Jersey 17%). There are 34 jobs in Leesburg, against 195 working residents. Hardly any work in Leesburg itself; outside it, Vineland draws the most (17%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Leesburg by day
On a workday 194 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 33 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Leesburg on a workday afternoon, 37% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Leesburg: the destinations
Where Leesburg clocks in
17% of workers
12% of workers
9% 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.
Leesburg works in goods: 59% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leesburg, 2014 → 2024: 30 → 34. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Leesburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Leesburg takes about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leesburg workers work from home, vs 17% across New Jersey. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 129 commuters (the 24% who work from home are left out). Across New Jersey: 75% drive alone, 10% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Leesburg’s commute, mile by mile
About 23% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Leesburg and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leesburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leesburg | – | — | — | 19 min | $58,750 |
| Commercial Township | under 2% | C− | D | 30 min | $55,733 |
| Dorchester | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dorchester: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Leesburg’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 2024, 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 Leesburg: questions
What is the median household income in Leesburg?
$58,750 (±$54,375) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,556 across New Jersey and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leesburg?
25.3%, against 9.7% across New Jersey and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leesburg?
19 minutes each way on average, against 31 across New Jersey and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leesburg work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vineland (17%, 14 mi), Maurice River Township (12%, 3 mi), Millville (9%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Leesburg without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leesburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leesburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.