Photo: Winslow Homer · Public domainWork, pay and getting to work in Leeds
The average commute takes 17 minutes each way (New York 33, U.S. 26). 6% of workers work from home, against 15% across New York. Hardly any stay in Leeds for work; outside it, Catskill is the main destination (19%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Leeds on a workday afternoon
On a workday 187 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 123 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Leeds on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.
0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 people from Leeds work
Where Leeds clocks in
11% of workers
6% 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.
In Leeds, services account for most jobs
124 jobs are based in Leeds.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leeds, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 124. 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.
Each way, about 17 minutes from Leeds
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leeds workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 174 commuters (the 6% 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.
The commute from Leeds, by distance
About 27% 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 Leeds: questions
What is the median household income in Leeds?
$62,250 (±$43,545) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leeds?
0.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leeds?
17 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leeds work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Catskill (19%, 4 mi), New York City (11%, 110 mi), Albany (6%, 29 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.