Gardendale vs Leeds

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

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

Gardendale has the higher population (16,110 vs 12,221 in Leeds). Gardendale has the higher median household income ($81,215 vs $71,672 in Leeds). Gardendale has the higher median home value ($234,900 vs $220,400 in Leeds).

Population, income & housing

	Gardendale	Leeds
Population	16,110	12,221
Median age	38.9 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,215	$71,672
Median home value	$234,900	$220,400
Median gross rent	$1,151	$945
Housing units	6,379	5,068
Homeownership rate	81.4%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.0%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gardendale	Leeds
Population	14,016 → 16,110 (+14.9%)	12,600 → 12,221 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$72,351 → $81,215 (+12.3%)	$60,863 → $71,672 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$171,700 → $234,900 (+36.8%)	$160,500 → $220,400 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$909 → $1,151 (+26.6%)	$877 → $945 (+7.8%)

Gardendale

Population

14,01616,110

Median household income

$72,351$81,215

Median home value

$171,700$234,900

Median gross rent

$909$1,151

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)

	Gardendale	Leeds
Under 5	8.7%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.0%	19.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.7%
25 to 34	10.4%	13.0%
35 to 44	17.8%	14.4%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.0%
55 to 64	9.1%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.8%
75 and over	7.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gardendale	Leeds
White (non-Hispanic)	68.9%	70.3%
Black or African American	21.9%	13.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	3.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gardendale	Leeds
No high school diploma	9.3%	11.7%
High school graduate	23.7%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gardendale	Leeds
Drove alone	81.0%	79.3%
Carpooled	8.1%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	7.1%
Other means	0.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gardendale	Leeds
1-unit, detached	84.2%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	5.9%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Gardendale	Leeds
Poverty rate	5.9%	11.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1990	1980