Centre vs Leesburg

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

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

Centre has the higher population (3,664 vs 813 in Leesburg). Leesburg has the higher median household income ($53,472 vs $43,912 in Centre). Leesburg has the higher median home value ($169,200 vs $166,300 in Centre).

Population, income & housing

	Centre	Leesburg
Population	3,664	813
Median age	55.2 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$43,912	$53,472
Median home value	$166,300	$169,200
Median gross rent	$666	$785
Housing units	1,992	492
Homeownership rate	63.9%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Centre	Leesburg
Population	3,525 → 3,664 (+3.9%)	946 → 813 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$36,263 → $43,912 (+21.1%)	$50,139 → $53,472 (+6.6%)
Median home value	$140,100 → $166,300 (+18.7%)	$156,300 → $169,200 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $666 (+9.9%)	$969 → $785 (-19.0%)

Centre

Population

3,5253,664

Median household income

$36,263$43,912

Median home value

$140,100$166,300

Median gross rent

$606$666

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)

	Centre	Leesburg
Under 5	3.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	9.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	5.9%	18.2%
25 to 34	10.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	5.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	15.1%	16.2%
55 to 64	15.6%	7.6%
65 to 74	13.3%	10.2%
75 and over	21.2%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Centre	Leesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	93.5%
Black or African American	10.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	2.8%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Centre	Leesburg
No high school diploma	22.8%	13.8%
High school graduate	28.3%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Centre	Leesburg
Drove alone	79.1%	88.6%
Carpooled	8.8%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	5.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Centre	Leesburg
1-unit, detached	76.5%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	3.7%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Centre	Leesburg
Poverty rate	11.5%	11.1%
Average household size	1.94	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1973	1987