Work & commute · Leroy

Work & commute in Leroy, MI

Most working residents leave Leroy for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Lansing (13%), East Lansing (7%) and Williamston (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2021 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

82 of 1,415 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,333 Leroy residents head out of town to work, 82 work right here, and 1,218 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leroy.

1,333live here, work elsewhere

82live and work here

1,218work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leroy goes to work

Lansing18.4 mi away

13%189

East Lansing15.7 mi away

7%95

Leroy (in town)right here

6%82

Williamston4.8 mi away

5%77

Howell14.4 mi away

5%65

Handy6.5 mi away

4%58

Meridian12.1 mi away

4%58

Delta23.5 mi away

3%39

Detroit59.3 mi away

2%31

Blackman25.8 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%693

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.

20%

43%

18%

19%

20%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leroy is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Leroy are

1,300 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

1,300 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Leroy residents hold

1,415 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+76%

Jobs based in Leroy, 2011 → 2021: 739 → 1,300. 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.