Work & commute · Leonidas

Work & commute in Leonidas, MI

Most working residents leave Leonidas for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Mendon (9%), Sturgis (8%) and Three Rivers (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 521 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 517 Leonidas residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 43 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leonidas.

517live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

43work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leonidas goes to work

Mendon6.6 mi away

9%47

Sturgis16.6 mi away

8%42

Three Rivers15.8 mi away

6%30

Kalamazoo21 mi away

5%26

Portage17.1 mi away

5%26

Coldwater18.6 mi away

3%18

Lockport14 mi away

3%18

Nottawa9.6 mi away

3%17

Schoolcraft13.6 mi away

3%17

Colon5.7 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%267

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

How far

How far Leonidas commutes

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

16%

51%

11%

23%

16%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leonidas is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Leonidas are

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

Jobs based in Leonidas

47 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Leonidas residents hold

521 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+683%

Jobs based in Leonidas, 2011 → 2021: 6 → 47. 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 2021. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2021, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.