Leesburg vs Sand Rock

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

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

Sand Rock has the higher population (815 vs 813 in Leesburg). Sand Rock has the higher median household income ($81,750 vs $53,472 in Leesburg). Sand Rock has the higher median home value ($201,300 vs $169,200 in Leesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Leesburg	Sand Rock
Population	813	815
Median age	36.2 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$53,472	$81,750
Median home value	$169,200	$201,300
Median gross rent	$785	—
Housing units	492	341
Homeownership rate	68.8%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leesburg	Sand Rock
Population	946 → 813 (-14.1%)	458 → 815 (+77.9%)
Median household income	$50,139 → $53,472 (+6.6%)	$53,571 → $81,750 (+52.6%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $169,200 (+8.3%)	$161,400 → $201,300 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$969 → $785 (-19.0%)	$763 → $983 (+28.8%)

Leesburg

Population

946813

Median household income

$50,139$53,472

Median home value

$156,300$169,200

Median gross rent

$969$785

Sand Rock

Population

458815

Median household income

$53,571$81,750

Median home value

$161,400$201,300

Median gross rent

$763$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leesburg	Sand Rock
Under 5	5.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.9%	16.4%
18 to 24	18.2%	6.4%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	16.2%	16.1%
55 to 64	7.6%	7.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	16.6%
75 and over	6.4%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leesburg	Sand Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	94.7%
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	5.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leesburg	Sand Rock
No high school diploma	13.8%	10.8%
High school graduate	40.5%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leesburg	Sand Rock
Drove alone	88.6%	87.3%
Carpooled	5.6%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	1.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leesburg	Sand Rock
1-unit, detached	71.1%	85.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.6%	14.4%

Poverty & households

	Leesburg	Sand Rock
Poverty rate	11.1%	7.0%
Average household size	2.61	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	26	30
Median year structure built	1987	1988