Photo: Lee Paxton · CC BY-SA 4.0Leetsdale draws 2,662 commuters a day, with 4.6 jobs for every working resident
2,686 jobs are based in Leetsdale, and 588 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Leetsdale B+; getting around on foot earns it A. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 37.5 in Pittsburgh.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Leetsdale: the gist
Leetsdale fills up on a workday
Leetsdale has 2,686 jobs, 4.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,200 people are in town, more than double the 1,100 who live here. Day and night ↓
The jobs in Leetsdale pay better than its residents’ jobs
82% of the jobs based in Leetsdale pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 56% of the jobs Leetsdale residents hold. 99% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Leetsdale. The jobs ↓
Leetsdale makes and builds things
46% of the jobs based in Leetsdale are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Leetsdale residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 10%. 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 588 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Leetsdale earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Leetsdale is better than 72% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Leetsdale’s grade up (ahead of 82% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($66,346, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (4.8%) is left out: Leetsdale’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, Leetsdale could be anywhere from B− to A.
Who commutes out of Leetsdale, and who commutes in
On a workday 564 residents head out to work and 24 work right here.
About 3,200 people are in Leetsdale on a workday afternoon, 190% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Goods jobs make up 46% of work in Leetsdale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leetsdale, 2014 → 2024: 2,595 → 2,686. 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 Leetsdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who travels to work in Leetsdale, and from where
Where Leetsdale clocks in
22% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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 25 minutes to work from Leetsdale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leetsdale workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 424 commuters (the 19% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Leetsdale
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Leetsdale
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Leetsdale is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Leetsdale 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 524 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 100% 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). 13.3% of Leetsdale households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Leetsdale’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Leetsdale comes 543rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 8 | Bryn Athyn PA | 1,304 | $143K | 0.3% | 2.6% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 13 | Rose Valley PA | 1,017 | $247K | 2.9% | 1.5% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 25 | Bradford Woods PA | 1,126 | $153K | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 541 | Forest Prairie Township MN | 1,002 | $108K | 3.7% | 3.1% | 1% | B+ |
| 542 | Logan IA | 1,352 | $85K | 4.6% | 1.1% | 14% | B+ |
| 543 | Leetsdale PA | 1,102 | $66K | 5.7% | 4.8% | 4% | B+ |
| 544 | Dalton PA | 1,296 | $96K | 7.8% | 0.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 545 | Warren CT | 1,389 | $135K | 6.7% | 2.8% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Leetsdale, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
The towns around Leetsdale
The biggest share goes to Edgeworth (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leetsdale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leetsdale | – | B+ | A | 25 min | $66,346 |
| Ambridge | under 2% | C− | A+ | 23 min | $51,537 |
| Leet Township | under 2% | A− | C− | 25 min | $93,083 |
| Crescent Township | under 2% | B+ | B | 24 min | $81,992 |
| Edgeworth | 2% | A+ | A | 25 min | $202,813 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Leetsdale’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 Leetsdale: questions
What is the median household income in Leetsdale?
$66,346 (±$17,925) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leetsdale?
5.7%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leetsdale?
25 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leetsdale work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsburgh (22%, 15 mi), Cranberry Township (5%, 12 mi), Sewickley (4%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Leetsdale walkable?
Leetsdale is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 13.2 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Leetsdale without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. 100% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leetsdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leetsdale
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.