Broomtown vs Leesburg

A side-by-side comparison of Broomtown and Leesburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Broomtown and Leesburg are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Leesburg has the higher population (813 vs 222 in Broomtown). Since 2019, Broomtown's population has grown faster (+26.1% vs -14.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Broomtown	Leesburg
Population	222	813
Median age	49.0 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$53,472
Median home value	—	$169,200
Median gross rent	—	$785
Housing units	112	492
Homeownership rate	100.0%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	33.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broomtown	Leesburg
Population	176 → 222 (+26.1%)	946 → 813 (-14.1%)
Median household income	—	$50,139 → $53,472 (+6.6%)
Median home value	$227,300 → $242,900 (+6.9%)	$156,300 → $169,200 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$969 → $785 (-19.0%)

Broomtown

Population

176222

Median home value

$227,300$242,900

Leesburg

Population

946813

Median household income

$50,139$53,472

Median home value

$156,300$169,200

Median gross rent

$969$785

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broomtown	Leesburg
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	7.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	4.5%	18.2%
25 to 34	32.4%	11.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.6%
45 to 54	25.7%	16.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	7.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.2%
75 and over	7.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broomtown	Leesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	88.7%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.7%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broomtown	Leesburg
No high school diploma	31.1%	13.8%
High school graduate	43.9%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	9.7%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broomtown	Leesburg
Drove alone	78.3%	88.6%
Carpooled	21.7%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broomtown	Leesburg
1-unit, detached	23.2%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	76.8%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Broomtown	Leesburg
Poverty rate	32.4%	11.1%
Average household size	2.20	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1996	1987