Leroy has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any stay in Leroy for work; outside it, Waco is the main destination (40%, 16 miles). Leroy has 14 jobs, and 179 of its residents work somewhere. Working residents average 30 minutes each way; Texas averages 27, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Leroy by day
On a workday 179 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Leroy on a workday afternoon, 46% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where people from Leroy work
Where Leroy clocks in
3% 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.
71% of the jobs in Leroy pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leroy, 2013 → 2023: 27 → 14. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 30 minutes to work from Leroy
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leroy workers work from home, vs 14% across Texas. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 215 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Texas: 83% 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.
How far Leroy’s workers travel
About 32% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
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: questions
What is the median household income in Leroy?
$82,708 (±$15,051) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $78,476 across Texas and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leroy?
9.5%, against 13.8% across Texas and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leroy?
30 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Texas and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leroy work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waco (40%, 16 mi), Austin (3%, 108 mi), Woodway (3%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Leroy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leroy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leroy
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.