Work & commute · Leesburg

Work & commute in Leesburg, AL

Most working residents leave Leesburg for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Centre (14%), Gadsden (10%) and Fort Payne (9%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 413 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 394 Leesburg residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 840 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leesburg.

394live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

840work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leesburg goes to work

Centre6.3 mi away

14%56

Gadsden18.1 mi away

10%42

Fort Payne19.9 mi away

9%37

Leesburg (in town)right here

5%19

Rainsville22.1 mi away

3%11

Birmingham73.8 mi away

3%11

Hoover81.2 mi away

2%10

Rome, GA34.3 mi away

2%9

Sand Rock3.7 mi away

2%7

Collinsville8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%206

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Leesburg commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

28%

30%

12%

29%

28%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leesburg is a job hub

2.08jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.1 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Leesburg are

859 jobs are based in Leesburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Leesburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Leesburg

859 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)57%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Leesburg residents hold

413 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+31%

Jobs based in Leesburg, 2013 → 2023: 656 → 859. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.