Work & commute · Leon

Work & commute in Leon, MN

Most working residents leave Leon for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Clearbrook (20%), Bemidji (11%) and Bagley (10%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 138 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 129 Leon residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 121 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leon.

129live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

121work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leon goes to work

Clearbrook2.7 mi away

20%27

Bemidji28.4 mi away

11%15

Bagley13.6 mi away

10%14

Leon (in town)right here

7%9

Gonvick6.1 mi away

4%6

Fosston19.6 mi away

4%6

Sinclair6.3 mi away

3%4

Erskine29.7 mi away

2%3

Crookston57 mi away

2%3

Park Rapids57.6 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%48

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

How far

How far Leon commutes

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

36%

22%

20%

21%

36%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leon is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Leon are

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

Jobs based in Leon

130 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)72%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)1%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Leon residents hold

138 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+110%

Jobs based in Leon, 2013 → 2023: 62 → 130. 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.