Leighton vs Tuscumbia

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

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

Tuscumbia has the higher population (9,084 vs 711 in Leighton). Tuscumbia has the higher median household income ($47,342 vs $33,214 in Leighton). Tuscumbia has the higher median home value ($166,400 vs $85,300 in Leighton).

Population, income & housing

	Leighton	Tuscumbia
Population	711	9,084
Median age	48.2 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$33,214	$47,342
Median home value	$85,300	$166,400
Median gross rent	$436	$760
Housing units	459	4,305
Homeownership rate	65.9%	59.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.8%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leighton	Tuscumbia
Population	971 → 711 (-26.8%)	8,444 → 9,084 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$35,357 → $33,214 (-6.1%)	$44,088 → $47,342 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$58,200 → $85,300 (+46.6%)	$110,100 → $166,400 (+51.1%)
Median gross rent	$486 → $436 (-10.3%)	$694 → $760 (+9.5%)

Leighton

Population

971711

Median household income

$35,357$33,214

Median home value

$58,200$85,300

Median gross rent

$486$436

Tuscumbia

Population

8,4449,084

Median household income

$44,088$47,342

Median home value

$110,100$166,400

Median gross rent

$694$760

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leighton	Tuscumbia
Under 5	5.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	8.3%	18.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	9.3%	11.2%
35 to 44	14.5%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.3%
55 to 64	18.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	15.2%	11.8%
75 and over	8.9%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leighton	Tuscumbia
White (non-Hispanic)	43.2%	70.5%
Black or African American	56.5%	22.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leighton	Tuscumbia
No high school diploma	14.1%	14.8%
High school graduate	54.8%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leighton	Tuscumbia
Drove alone	94.1%	87.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	2.9%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.9%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leighton	Tuscumbia
1-unit, detached	62.1%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	16.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	11.3%
20 or more units	10.2%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Leighton	Tuscumbia
Poverty rate	24.5%	19.0%
Average household size	1.99	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1974	1976