Work & commute · Leon

Work & commute in Leon, WI

Most working residents leave Leon for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Sparta (16%), La Crosse (12%) and Cashton (12%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 554 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 550 Leon residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 100 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leon.

550live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

100work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leon goes to work

Sparta6 mi away

16%91

La Crosse18.7 mi away

12%69

Cashton8.6 mi away

12%65

Tomah19.6 mi away

6%31

Onalaska17.8 mi away

4%20

Westby14 mi away

3%14

Rockland4.8 mi away

2%11

Viroqua20.5 mi away

2%9

West Salem12.1 mi away

1%8

Black River Falls30.7 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%228

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.

28%

41%

25%

28%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leon is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Leon are

104 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

104 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)24%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Leon residents hold

554 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−24%

Jobs based in Leon, 2013 → 2023: 137 → 104. 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.