St. Andrew's Church · Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0There are 2.8 jobs in Leroy for every working resident, and 1,281 people commute in
1,289 jobs are based in Leroy for 459 working residents. Only 2% work in Leroy; the top destination outside it is Mayville (11%, 6 miles). The average commute, 22 minutes each way, matches the Wisconsin norm.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Leroy, in brief
Leroy makes and builds things
94% of the jobs based in Leroy are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Leroy residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 37%. The jobs ↓
Leroy is where the jobs are
Leroy has 1,289 jobs, 2.8 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,800 people are in town, 88% more than the 950 who live here. Day and night ↓
The jobs in Leroy pay better than its residents’ jobs
90% of the jobs based in Leroy pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), against 63% of the jobs Leroy residents hold. 99% of the jobs here are held by people who live outside Leroy. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 459 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Goods, not services: 94% of the jobs in Leroy
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leroy, 2013 → 2023: 883 → 1,289. 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.
How a workday changes Leroy
On a workday 451 residents head out to work and 8 work right here.
About 1,800 people are in Leroy on a workday afternoon, 88% more than live here.
2.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting in to Leroy: where workers come from
Where Leroy clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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.
About 22 minutes to work from Leroy
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leroy workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 473 commuters (the 10% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 86% 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.
The commute from Leroy, by distance
About 18% 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.
How Leroy compares with the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leroy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy | – | — | — | 22 min | $85,000 |
| Lomira | under 3% | B | B− | 27 min | $85,179 |
| Oakfield | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Kekoskee | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Chester | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Oakfield: the same community as the village of that name, graded once. Kekoskee: not graded. Chester: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Leroy’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 Leroy: questions
What is the median household income in Leroy?
$85,000 (±$26,154) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leroy?
12.1%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leroy?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leroy work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mayville (11%, 6 mi), Beaver Dam (8%, 14 mi), Madison (5%, 54 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Leroy without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% 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.