Photo: Unknown artistUnknown artist · Public domainUnemployment in Le Roy (2.3%) is lower than in 80% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Le Roy itself; outside it, Le Roy draws the most (18%, 2 miles). For jobs and income Le Roy is better than 53% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (B). Measured by household income, Le Roy is behind 76% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Le Roy
Commutes from Le Roy are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 33 across New York. That’s about 92 hours a year less on the road than the typical New York worker. Time on the road ↓
Le Roy and Le Roy trade workers both ways
Le Roy is the top workplace for Le Roy residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in Le Roy come from (27% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Le Roy
Unemployment holds Le Roy’s grade up; household income pulls it down ($58,818, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Le Roy could be anywhere from C to A−.
Getting to work from Le Roy takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Le Roy workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,830 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where people from Le Roy work
Where Le Roy clocks in
18% of workers
12% of workers
8% 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.
Who works in Le Roy, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,726 residents head out to work, 280 work right here, and 1,337 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 (0.81 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.
What the 1,617 jobs in Le Roy are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Le Roy, 2013 → 2023: 1,726 → 1,617. 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 Le Roy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Le Roy to work
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.
Driving is how Le Roy gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 6.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,023 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 28.4% of Le Roy households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Le Roy’s commuters take a bus or train.
Le Roy next to U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800: 1,977th of 4,039 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 7 | Lloyd Harbor NY | 3,587 | $250K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 17 | Kings Point NY | 5,710 | $211K | 0.9% | 2.4% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 20 | North Hills NY | 5,481 | $173K | 3.0% | 1.9% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,975 | Green Township OH | 5,163 | $94K | 13.8% | 2.9% | 18% | B− |
| 1,976 | Pleasant Run OH | 5,629 | $80K | 10.5% | 6.6% | 1% | B− |
| 1,977 | Le Roy NY | 4,296 | $59K | 11.8% | 2.3% | 14% | B− |
| 1,978 | Southern Shores NC | 3,110 | $131K | 0.6% | 13.2% | 6% | B− |
| 1,979 | Wethersfield Township IL | 3,695 | $62K | 6.3% | 2.3% | 14% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Le Roy, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
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 Le Roy: questions
What is the median household income in Le Roy?
$58,818 (±$15,136) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Le Roy?
11.8%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Le Roy?
21 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Le Roy work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Le Roy (18%, 2 mi), Rochester (12%, 23 mi), Batavia (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Le Roy walkable?
Le Roy is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Le Roy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 28% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Le Roy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Le Roy
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.