Fultondale vs Leeds

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

Fultondale 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 9,753 in Fultondale). Leeds has the higher median household income ($71,672 vs $69,127 in Fultondale). Leeds has the higher median home value ($220,400 vs $181,900 in Fultondale).

Population, income & housing

	Fultondale	Leeds
Population	9,753	12,221
Median age	38.5 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,127	$71,672
Median home value	$181,900	$220,400
Median gross rent	$1,214	$945
Housing units	4,608	5,068
Homeownership rate	65.9%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fultondale	Leeds
Population	9,179 → 9,753 (+6.3%)	12,600 → 12,221 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$62,825 → $69,127 (+10.0%)	$60,863 → $71,672 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$147,700 → $181,900 (+23.2%)	$160,500 → $220,400 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$993 → $1,214 (+22.3%)	$877 → $945 (+7.8%)

Fultondale

Population

9,1799,753

Median household income

$62,825$69,127

Median home value

$147,700$181,900

Median gross rent

$993$1,214

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)

	Fultondale	Leeds
Under 5	5.1%	5.4%
5 to 17	20.3%	19.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.7%
25 to 34	13.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	12.7%
65 to 74	6.6%	11.8%
75 and over	7.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fultondale	Leeds
White (non-Hispanic)	50.9%	70.3%
Black or African American	35.0%	13.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fultondale	Leeds
No high school diploma	9.4%	11.7%
High school graduate	27.4%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fultondale	Leeds
Drove alone	76.8%	79.3%
Carpooled	5.9%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	7.1%
Other means	1.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fultondale	Leeds
1-unit, detached	70.6%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	8.9%
20 or more units	10.5%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Fultondale	Leeds
Poverty rate	13.3%	11.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1984	1980