Leet Township has higher household incomes than 71% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Leet Township itself; outside it, Pittsburgh draws the most (22%, 15 miles). The poverty rate is 6.3%, next to 11.7% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Jobs and income earn Leet Township A−; getting around on foot earns it C−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Leet Township’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Leet Township is better than 84% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Leet Township’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
Unemployment (3.8%) is left out: Leet Township’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, Leet Township could be anywhere from B− to A+.
Leet Township on a workday afternoon
On a workday 736 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 580 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Leet Township on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 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 Leet Township’s residents
Where Leet Township clocks in
22% of workers
6% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Leet Township
592 jobs are based in Leet Township.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leet Township, 2013 → 2023: 243 → 592. 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 Leet Township’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Leet Township’s commute takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leet Township workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 506 commuters (the 21% 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.
How far Leet Township’s workers travel
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.
In Leet Township, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Leet Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Leet 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 639 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 3.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 77% 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). 4.5% of Leet Township households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Leet Township’s commuters take a bus or train.
509th of 5,794: where Leet Township ranks among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 12 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 41 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 507 | Cane Savannah SC | 1,551 | $132K | 4.6% | 11.8% | 0% | A− |
| 508 | Woodland Hills UT | 1,707 | $152K | 5.6% | 2.0% | 2% | A− |
| 509 | Leet Township PA | 1,551 | $93K | 6.3% | 3.8% | 2% | A− |
| 510 | Kouts IN | 2,048 | $78K | 4.2% | 0.5% | 7% | A− |
| 511 | Langhorne PA | 1,620 | $101K | 10.8% | 6.5% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Leet Township, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
Leet Township and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leet Township workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leet Township | – | A− | C− | 25 min | $93,083 |
| Ambridge Heights | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Harmony Township | under 2% | A− | B | 22 min | $70,926 |
| Leetsdale | under 2% | B+ | A | 25 min | $66,346 |
| Ambridge | 2% | C− | A+ | 23 min | $51,537 |
| Bell Acres | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 24 min | $165,987 |
| Edgeworth | under 2% | A+ | A | 25 min | $202,813 |
Same-state neighbors only. Ambridge Heights: 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 Ambridge. Darker towns draw more of Leet 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 Leet Township: questions
What is the median household income in Leet Township?
$93,083 (±$41,026) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leet Township?
6.3%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leet Township?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leet Township work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (22%, 15 mi), Sewickley (6%, 3 mi), Moon Township (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Leet Township walkable?
Leet Township is more walkable than 21% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Leet Township without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leet Township, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leet 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.