Leighton vs Sheffield

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

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

Sheffield has the higher population (9,334 vs 711 in Leighton). Sheffield has the higher median household income ($42,097 vs $33,214 in Leighton). Sheffield has the higher median home value ($127,100 vs $85,300 in Leighton).

Population, income & housing

	Leighton	Sheffield
Population	711	9,334
Median age	48.2 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$33,214	$42,097
Median home value	$85,300	$127,100
Median gross rent	$436	$850
Housing units	459	5,088
Homeownership rate	65.9%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leighton	Sheffield
Population	971 → 711 (-26.8%)	8,986 → 9,334 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$35,357 → $33,214 (-6.1%)	$34,194 → $42,097 (+23.1%)
Median home value	$58,200 → $85,300 (+46.6%)	$90,000 → $127,100 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$486 → $436 (-10.3%)	$645 → $850 (+31.8%)

Leighton

Population

971711

Median household income

$35,357$33,214

Median home value

$58,200$85,300

Median gross rent

$486$436

Sheffield

Population

8,9869,334

Median household income

$34,194$42,097

Median home value

$90,000$127,100

Median gross rent

$645$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leighton	Sheffield
Under 5	5.1%	3.7%
5 to 17	8.3%	16.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	11.2%
25 to 34	9.3%	12.5%
35 to 44	14.5%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	18.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	15.2%	13.6%
75 and over	8.9%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leighton	Sheffield
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	67.7%
Black or African American	56.5%	26.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leighton	Sheffield
No high school diploma	14.1%	12.3%
High school graduate	54.8%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	10.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	5.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leighton	Sheffield
Drove alone	94.1%	80.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	5.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leighton	Sheffield
1-unit, detached	62.1%	77.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	4.4%
20 or more units	10.2%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Leighton	Sheffield
Poverty rate	24.5%	25.7%
Average household size	1.99	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1974	1964