Photo: Mr. Matté (if there is an issue with this image, contact me using this image's Commons talk page, my Commons user talk page, or my English Wikipedia user talk page; I'll know about it a lot faster) · CC BY-SA 4.0Leola draws 6,853 commuters a day, with 2.2 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Leola report 7,167 jobs, and 3,227 of its residents work somewhere. About one in ten work in Leola; the top destination outside it is Upper Leacock Township (13%, 1 miles). The trip to work takes 22 minutes on average (Pennsylvania 26, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Leola: the gist
Leola is where the jobs are
Leola has 7,167 jobs, 2.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 11,000 people are in town, 53% more than the 7,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
The jobs in Leola pay better than its residents’ jobs
76% of the jobs based in Leola pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 60% of the jobs Leola residents hold. 96% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Leola. The jobs ↓
Leola has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Leola went from 5,002 in 2014 to 7,167 in 2024, +43%. The jobs ↓
Most Leola residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Leola draws workers from far and wide
The 7,167 jobs in Leola are filled from a wide area. The ten biggest home towns of its workers supply 38%; the other 58% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Who works in Leola, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 2,913 residents head out to work and 314 work right here.
About 11,000 people are in Leola on a workday afternoon, 53% 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.
30% of the jobs in Leola make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leola, 2014 → 2024: 5,002 → 7,167. 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 Leola’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Leola’s commute, mile by mile
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.
The daily trip into Leola
Where Leola clocks in
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.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Leola
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leola workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,409 commuters (the 13% 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.
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 Leola: questions
What is the median household income in Leola?
$91,154 (±$14,999) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leola?
4.8%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leola?
22 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leola work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Upper Leacock Township (13%, 1 mi), Lancaster (7%, 7 mi), Manheim Township (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Leola without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leola, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leola
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.