Gaylesville vs Leesburg

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

Gaylesville 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 120 in Gaylesville). Leesburg has the higher median household income ($53,472 vs $36,875 in Gaylesville). Leesburg has the higher median home value ($169,200 vs $157,100 in Gaylesville).

Population, income & housing

	Gaylesville	Leesburg
Population	120	813
Median age	47.7 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$36,875	$53,472
Median home value	$157,100	$169,200
Median gross rent	$1,188	$785
Housing units	66	492
Homeownership rate	61.2%	68.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gaylesville	Leesburg
Population	171 → 120 (-29.8%)	946 → 813 (-14.1%)
Median household income	$52,917 → $36,875 (-30.3%)	$50,139 → $53,472 (+6.6%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $157,100 (+25.7%)	$156,300 → $169,200 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $1,188 (+30.1%)	$969 → $785 (-19.0%)

Gaylesville

Population

171120

Median household income

$52,917$36,875

Median home value

$125,000$157,100

Median gross rent

$913$1,188

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)

	Gaylesville	Leesburg
Under 5	5.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	9.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	11.7%	18.2%
25 to 34	20.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	1.7%	10.6%
45 to 54	22.5%	16.2%
55 to 64	7.5%	7.6%
65 to 74	15.0%	10.2%
75 and over	7.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gaylesville	Leesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	12.5%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gaylesville	Leesburg
No high school diploma	20.2%	13.8%
High school graduate	22.5%	40.5%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	28.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gaylesville	Leesburg
Drove alone	82.4%	88.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gaylesville	Leesburg
1-unit, detached	69.7%	71.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	24.6%

Poverty & households

	Gaylesville	Leesburg
Poverty rate	25.0%	11.1%
Average household size	2.45	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1973	1987