Photo: An Errant Knight · CC BY-SA 4.0Leeds has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 111 jobs in Leeds, and 294 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Leeds; the top destination outside it is St. George (34%, 17 miles). A typical one-way commute from Leeds lasts 25 minutes (Utah 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Leeds
Out of Leeds to work: where people go
Where Leeds clocks in
34% of workers
14% 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.
Leeds by day and by night
On a workday 287 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Leeds on a workday afternoon, 21% 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.
Jobs in Leeds: what the 111 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leeds, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 111. 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 Leeds’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way, longer than most of Utah
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leeds workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 246 commuters (the 18% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Leeds
About 21% 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.
Next door to Leeds
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leeds workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | – | — | — | 25 min | $84,688 |
| Toquerville | 2% | A− | D | 27 min | $97,813 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Toquerville. Darker towns draw more of Leeds’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 Leeds: questions
What is the median household income in Leeds?
$84,688 (±$16,420) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leeds?
5.1%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leeds?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leeds work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. George (34%, 17 mi), Hurricane (14%, 6 mi), Cedar City (8%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Leeds 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 Leeds, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leeds
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.