Photo: David Wilson · CC BY 2.0Household incomes in Leetonia trail those of 70% of U.S. towns
Below the poverty line: 11.8% of residents, against 13.3% across Ohio. The two grades for Leetonia are C+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Only 2% stay in Leetonia for work; outside it, Salem is the main destination (10%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Leetonia and work: the main findings
Leetonia makes and builds things
72% of the jobs based in Leetonia are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Leetonia residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Leetonia has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Leetonia went from 472 in 2014 to 686 in 2024, +45%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 814 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Income, poverty and work: Leetonia’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Leetonia is better than 42% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Leetonia’s grade up (ahead of 62% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($62,143, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (8.4%) is left out: Leetonia’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Leetonia could be anywhere from C to B.
72% of the jobs in Leetonia make or build things
686 jobs are based in Leetonia.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leetonia, 2014 → 2024: 472 → 686. 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 Leetonia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Leetonia: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 796 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 668 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 (0.84 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where people from Leetonia work
Where Leetonia clocks in
10% of workers
8% 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.
From Leetonia, about 22 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leetonia workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 755 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 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.
The distance from Leetonia to work
About 16% 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.
In Leetonia, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Leetonia is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 837 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). 3.9% of Leetonia households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Leetonia’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,852nd of 6,085: where Leetonia ranks among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | 0% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Millcreek Township OH | 1,562 | $151K | 2.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 59 | Bratenahl OH | 1,396 | $138K | 4.4% | 0.8% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,850 | Pine Crest TN | 2,029 | $54K | 9.7% | 14.6% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,851 | Dale IN | 1,517 | $62K | 7.6% | 3.0% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,852 | Leetonia OH | 1,769 | $62K | 11.8% | 8.4% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,853 | Edgington Township IL | 1,403 | $85K | 19.1% | 3.9% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,854 | Salem Township IN | 2,157 | $81K | 6.1% | 13.5% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Leetonia, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Next door to Leetonia
The biggest share goes to Fairfield Township (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leetonia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leetonia | – | C+ | B− | 22 min | $62,143 |
| Salem Township | under 2% | C+ | C− | 23 min | $60,714 |
| Fairfield Township | 5% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Washingtonville | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fairfield Township: not graded. Washingtonville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Leetonia’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 Leetonia: questions
What is the median household income in Leetonia?
$62,143 (±$9,230) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leetonia?
11.8%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leetonia?
22 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leetonia work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salem (10%, 5 mi), Boardman Township (8%, 11 mi), Columbiana (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Leetonia walkable?
Leetonia is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Leetonia 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 Leetonia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leetonia
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. 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.