Work & commute · Leroy

Work & commute in Leroy, AL

Most working residents leave Leroy for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Mobile (18%), Jackson (13%) and Chatom (6%). Half commute less than 44 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 308 working residents

Typical commute

44 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 302 Leroy residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leroy.

302live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

127work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leroy goes to work

Mobile57.7 mi away

18%55

Jackson5.5 mi away

13%39

Chatom16.2 mi away

6%20

Grove Hill18.3 mi away

3%10

McIntosh16.2 mi away

2%7

Thomasville32.2 mi away

2%6

Leroy (in town)right here

2%6

Fairhope67.5 mi away

2%5

Axis39.7 mi away

2%5

Citronelle32 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%151

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

How far

How far Leroy commutes

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

18%

22%

13%

48%

18%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

48%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leroy is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.43 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Leroy are

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

Jobs based in Leroy

133 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

Jobs Leroy residents hold

308 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−63%

Jobs based in Leroy, 2013 → 2023: 362 → 133. 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.