Le Roy is a very small city located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 3,492 people and two associated neighborhoods, Le Roy is the 435th largest community in Illinois.Unlike some cities, Le Roy isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Le Roy are a mix of both white- and blue-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 (15.06%), sales jobs (10.33%), and management occupations (9.22%). 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. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.82% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Le Roy really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Le Roy perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. Le Roy is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The overall education level of Le Roy citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.29% of adults in Le Roy have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%. The per capita income in Le Roy in 2022 was $41,606, which is upper middle income relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $166,424 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 Italian and Spanish.
