Le Roy is a very small city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 3,467 people and two associated neighborhoods, Le Roy is the 435th largest community in Illinois.Le Roy is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Le Roy is a city of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Le Roy who work in business and financial occupations (14.85%), management occupations (10.77%), and sales jobs (9.59%). Also of interest is that Le Roy has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.64% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Because of many things, Le Roy is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Le Roy a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Le Roy has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Le Roy’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country. Being a small city, Le Roy does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Le Roy citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 34.75% of adults in Le Roy have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Le Roy in 2022 was $44,884, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $179,536 for a family of four. However, Le Roy contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Le Roy home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Le Roy residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Le Roy include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Scots-Irish. The most common language spoken in Le Roy is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
