Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFewer people are out of work in Leipsic (2.6%) than in 76% of U.S. towns
At home: 4% of workers have no commute at all (Ohio 13%). Leipsic grades C+ for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in seven stay in Leipsic for work; outside it, Findlay is the main destination (10%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Leipsic apart on work
Leipsic makes and builds things
40% of the jobs based in Leipsic are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Leipsic residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 40%. The jobs ↓
Few Leipsic workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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; with 954 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Leipsic’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Leipsic is better than 41% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Leipsic’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (16.1%, U.S. 12.5%).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Leipsic could be anywhere from C− to B+.
In Leipsic, 40% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
911 jobs are based in Leipsic.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leipsic, 2013 → 2023: 833 → 911. 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 Leipsic’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way for Leipsic’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leipsic workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 937 commuters (the 4% 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.
Who leaves Leipsic for work, and who comes in
On a workday 835 residents head out to work, 119 work right here, and 792 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 (0.95 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.
The towns that employ Leipsic’s residents
Where Leipsic clocks in
10% 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.
Where in the region Leipsic works
About 18% 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.
Getting around Leipsic: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Leipsic is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Leipsic near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 980 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). 3.1% of Leipsic households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Leipsic’s commuters take a bus or train.
Leipsic is 2,794th of 5,404 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,900 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 19 | New California OH | 1,672 | $162K | 0.0% | 1.1% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 28 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,792 | Pine Township PA | 1,837 | $69K | 7.7% | 9.7% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,793 | Donegal Township PA | 2,379 | $80K | 3.3% | 11.2% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,794 | Leipsic OH | 2,167 | $68K | 16.1% | 2.6% | 12% | C+ |
| 2,795 | Bell Township PA | 2,081 | $64K | 7.9% | 6.4% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,796 | Rockwell Place TX | 2,016 | $57K | 10.2% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,404 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Leipsic, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
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 Leipsic: questions
What is the median household income in Leipsic?
$67,946 (±$12,023) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leipsic?
16.1%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leipsic?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leipsic work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Findlay (10%, 18 mi), Ottawa (9%, 7 mi), Allen Township (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Leipsic walkable?
Leipsic is more walkable than 60% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Leipsic without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leipsic, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leipsic
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.