Leighton vs Littleville

A side-by-side comparison of Leighton and Littleville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Littleville has the higher population (866 vs 711 in Leighton). Littleville has the higher median household income ($48,977 vs $33,214 in Leighton). Littleville has the higher median home value ($127,800 vs $85,300 in Leighton).

Population, income & housing

	Leighton	Littleville
Population	711	866
Median age	48.2 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$33,214	$48,977
Median home value	$85,300	$127,800
Median gross rent	$436	$765
Housing units	459	487
Homeownership rate	65.9%	67.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	14.9%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leighton	Littleville
Population	971 → 711 (-26.8%)	966 → 866 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$35,357 → $33,214 (-6.1%)	$43,214 → $48,977 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$58,200 → $85,300 (+46.6%)	$97,200 → $127,800 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$486 → $436 (-10.3%)	$676 → $765 (+13.2%)

Leighton

Population

971711

Median household income

$35,357$33,214

Median home value

$58,200$85,300

Median gross rent

$486$436

Littleville

Population

966866

Median household income

$43,214$48,977

Median home value

$97,200$127,800

Median gross rent

$676$765

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leighton	Littleville
Under 5	5.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	8.3%	9.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.5%
25 to 34	9.3%	6.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	6.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	18.7%	15.4%
65 to 74	15.2%	22.6%
75 and over	8.9%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leighton	Littleville
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	93.9%
Black or African American	56.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leighton	Littleville
No high school diploma	14.1%	15.6%
High school graduate	54.8%	39.8%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	9.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leighton	Littleville
Drove alone	94.1%	85.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leighton	Littleville
1-unit, detached	62.1%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	3.1%
20 or more units	10.2%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Leighton	Littleville
Poverty rate	24.5%	12.5%
Average household size	1.99	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1974	1978