Fewer people are out of work in Leacock Township (0.3%) than in 98% of U.S. towns
About one in four work in Leacock Township; the top destination outside it is Earl Township (7%, 5 miles). Leacock Township grades A for jobs and income and A− for walkability. The poverty rate is 2.4%, where Pennsylvania as a whole has 11.7%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Leacock Township, in brief
A young workforce
39% of Leacock Township’s working residents are 29 or younger, about one in three. The jobs ↓
Leacock Township is where the jobs are
Leacock Township has 3,094 jobs, 1.7 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
A lot of Leacock Township works one town over
27% of working residents work in a town that borders Leacock Township: Earl Township (7%), Salisbury Township (6%) and Paradise Township (5%). Next door ↓
Most Leacock Township residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Leacock Township makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Leacock Township are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Leacock Township residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 40%. The jobs ↓
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.
Leacock Township’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Leacock Township is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #102 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Unemployment is its strongest input; household income ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns ($83,260, U.S. $80,734). 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, Leacock Township could be anywhere from A to A+.
37% of the jobs in Leacock Township make or build things
3,094 jobs are based in Leacock Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leacock Township, 2013 → 2023: 2,254 → 3,094. 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 Leacock Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Leacock Township by day
On a workday 1,360 residents head out to work, 422 work right here, and 2,672 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,000 people are in Leacock Township on a workday afternoon, 23% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Leacock Township’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Who travels to work in Leacock Township, and from where
Where Leacock Township clocks in
7% of workers
5% 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.
About 21 minutes each way for Leacock Township’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leacock Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,310 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Leacock Township
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Leacock Township is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns, #326 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 29.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 8.6% across Pennsylvania, on an EPA index of 6.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,696 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). 44.8% of Leacock Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Leacock Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Leacock Township is 282nd among 3,476 U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 25 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 280 | North Oaks MN | 5,283 | $232K | 5.1% | 4.0% | 4% | A |
| 281 | Crosby Township OH | 6,270 | $124K | 5.9% | 1.6% | 2% | A |
| 282 | Leacock Township PA | 5,672 | $83K | 2.4% | 0.3% | 24% | A |
| 283 | Lake Darby OH | 4,608 | $97K | 5.1% | 2.0% | <1% | A |
| 284 | Rock Hill MO | 4,668 | $95K | 5.2% | 2.6% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,476 | 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 Leacock Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Leacock Township and its neighbors: 27% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leacock Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leacock Township | – | A | A− | 21 min | $83,260 |
| Paradise Township | 5% | A | B | 24 min | $107,188 |
| Upper Leacock Township | 5% | B+ | B− | 21 min | $83,818 |
| Earl Township | 7% | B+ | B+ | 19 min | $83,793 |
| Soudersburg | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Salisbury Township | 6% | A | B | 27 min | $92,816 |
| East Lampeter Township | 4% | B+ | B | 25 min | $87,361 |
Same-state neighbors only. Soudersburg: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Earl Township. Darker towns draw more of Leacock 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 Leacock Township: questions
What is the median household income in Leacock Township?
$83,260 (±$7,249) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leacock Township?
2.4%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leacock Township?
21 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leacock Township work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Earl Township (7%, 5 mi), Salisbury Township (6%, 6 mi), Paradise Township (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Leacock Township walkable?
Leacock Township is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 30% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Leacock Township without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 45% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leacock Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leacock 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.