Hueytown vs Leeds

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

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

Hueytown has the higher population (16,541 vs 12,221 in Leeds). Leeds has the higher median household income ($71,672 vs $62,362 in Hueytown). Leeds has the higher median home value ($220,400 vs $142,900 in Hueytown).

Population, income & housing

	Hueytown	Leeds
Population	16,541	12,221
Median age	35.6 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,362	$71,672
Median home value	$142,900	$220,400
Median gross rent	$1,276	$945
Housing units	6,409	5,068
Homeownership rate	76.4%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hueytown	Leeds
Population	15,540 → 16,541 (+6.4%)	12,600 → 12,221 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$51,519 → $62,362 (+21.0%)	$60,863 → $71,672 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$116,700 → $142,900 (+22.5%)	$160,500 → $220,400 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$874 → $1,276 (+46.0%)	$877 → $945 (+7.8%)

Hueytown

Population

15,54016,541

Median household income

$51,519$62,362

Median home value

$116,700$142,900

Median gross rent

$874$1,276

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)

	Hueytown	Leeds
Under 5	7.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	21.6%	19.7%
18 to 24	5.3%	4.7%
25 to 34	14.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	11.8%
75 and over	7.2%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hueytown	Leeds
White (non-Hispanic)	46.2%	70.3%
Black or African American	39.9%	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	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hueytown	Leeds
No high school diploma	10.9%	11.7%
High school graduate	33.7%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.7%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hueytown	Leeds
Drove alone	80.8%	79.3%
Carpooled	9.9%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	7.1%
Other means	0.3%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hueytown	Leeds
1-unit, detached	85.1%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Hueytown	Leeds
Poverty rate	16.3%	11.0%
Average household size	2.83	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1973	1980