Fairfield vs Leeds

A side-by-side comparison of Fairfield and Leeds: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Leeds has the higher population (12,221 vs 9,846 in Fairfield). Leeds has the higher median household income ($71,672 vs $48,492 in Fairfield). Leeds has the higher median home value ($220,400 vs $120,100 in Fairfield).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Leeds
Population	9,846	12,221
Median age	30.3 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,492	$71,672
Median home value	$120,100	$220,400
Median gross rent	$997	$945
Housing units	4,732	5,068
Homeownership rate	58.8%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Leeds
Population	10,720 → 9,846 (-8.2%)	12,600 → 12,221 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$40,652 → $48,492 (+19.3%)	$60,863 → $71,672 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $120,100 (+21.2%)	$160,500 → $220,400 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$754 → $997 (+32.2%)	$877 → $945 (+7.8%)

Fairfield

Population

10,7209,846

Median household income

$40,652$48,492

Median home value

$99,100$120,100

Median gross rent

$754$997

Leeds

Population

12,60012,221

Median household income

$60,863$71,672

Median home value

$160,500$220,400

Median gross rent

$877$945

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Leeds
Under 5	5.6%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.8%	19.7%
18 to 24	13.5%	4.7%
25 to 34	18.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	6.9%	14.4%
45 to 54	7.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	12.5%	11.8%
75 and over	4.6%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Leeds
White (non-Hispanic)	6.9%	70.3%
Black or African American	90.5%	13.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Leeds
No high school diploma	4.9%	11.7%
High school graduate	35.1%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Leeds
Drove alone	64.6%	79.3%
Carpooled	18.3%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	7.1%
Other means	0.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Leeds
1-unit, detached	77.2%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	8.9%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Leeds
Poverty rate	30.3%	11.0%
Average household size	2.40	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1960	1980