Photo: Watsonsix · CC BY-SA 4.0Almost no one in Leroy Township’s labor force is looking for work
Working from home is the commute for 5% of workers (Ohio 13%). Jobs and income earn Leroy Township A+; getting around on foot earns it D. Measured by household income, Leroy Township is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Leroy Township, in brief
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Leroy Township
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Leroy Township is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #55 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 67% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Leroy Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
Leroy Township quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,573 residents head out to work, 64 work right here, and 187 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Leroy Township on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
0.15 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.
14% of working residents work in Mentor
Where Leroy Township clocks in
14% of workers
13% of workers
7% 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.
What the 251 jobs in Leroy Township are
251 jobs are based in Leroy Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leroy Township, 2013 → 2023: 241 → 251. 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 Leroy Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Leroy Township spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leroy Township workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,803 commuters (the 5% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Leroy Township
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.
The commute in Leroy Township is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Leroy Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns, #927 of 993 in Ohio. Both inputs place Leroy Township 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 1,895 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.6% of Leroy Township households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Leroy Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Leroy Township ranks: 142nd of 4,562 U.S. towns of 2,200 to 4,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 37 | Jersey Township OH | 2,678 | $136K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
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| 42 | Silver Lake OH | 2,504 | $140K | 2.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 46 | Evendale OH | 2,657 | $149K | 1.5% | 2.1% | 6% | A+ |
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| 140 | Solon IA | 3,345 | $113K | 3.2% | 0.9% | 9% | A+ |
| 141 | Brightwaters NY | 3,208 | $218K | 0.2% | 4.4% | 3% | A+ |
| 142 | Leroy Township OH | 3,123 | $114K | 3.5% | 0.0% | 4% | A+ |
| 143 | Lake Holm WA | 3,555 | $177K | 1.1% | 3.0% | 1% | A+ |
| 144 | Commercial Point OH | 3,271 | $108K | 4.1% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,562 | 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 Leroy Township, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
How Leroy Township compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leroy Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy Township | – | A+ | D | 27 min | $114,250 |
| Perry Township | under 2% | A− | B | 27 min | $103,882 |
| Concord Township | 5% | A+ | C− | 25 min | $121,527 |
| Thompson Township | under 2% | B+ | B− | 28 min | $91,275 |
| Hambden Township | under 2% | A | C− | 27 min | $93,849 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Concord Township. Darker towns draw more of Leroy Township’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 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 Leroy Township: questions
What is the median household income in Leroy Township?
$114,250 (±$10,446) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leroy Township?
3.5%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leroy Township?
27 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leroy Township work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mentor (14%, 10 mi), Cleveland (13%, 31 mi), Painesville (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Leroy Township walkable?
Leroy Township is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Leroy Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leroy Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leroy Township
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.