Irondale vs Leeds

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

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

Irondale has the higher population (13,462 vs 12,221 in Leeds). Leeds has the higher median household income ($71,672 vs $71,240 in Irondale). Irondale has the higher median home value ($250,000 vs $220,400 in Leeds).

Population, income & housing

	Irondale	Leeds
Population	13,462	12,221
Median age	44.0 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,240	$71,672
Median home value	$250,000	$220,400
Median gross rent	$1,177	$945
Housing units	6,862	5,068
Homeownership rate	61.2%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.1%	28.7%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Irondale	Leeds
Population	12,637 → 13,462 (+6.5%)	12,600 → 12,221 (-3.0%)
Median household income	$56,445 → $71,240 (+26.2%)	$60,863 → $71,672 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$142,500 → $250,000 (+75.4%)	$160,500 → $220,400 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,041 → $1,177 (+13.1%)	$877 → $945 (+7.8%)

Irondale

Population

12,63713,462

Median household income

$56,445$71,240

Median home value

$142,500$250,000

Median gross rent

$1,041$1,177

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)

	Irondale	Leeds
Under 5	6.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	9.0%	19.7%
18 to 24	9.4%	4.7%
25 to 34	15.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	14.4%
45 to 54	15.7%	13.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	12.7%
65 to 74	11.8%	11.8%
75 and over	6.5%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Irondale	Leeds
White (non-Hispanic)	61.2%	70.3%
Black or African American	29.3%	13.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	13.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Irondale	Leeds
No high school diploma	5.4%	11.7%
High school graduate	21.0%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	21.0%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Irondale	Leeds
Drove alone	79.4%	79.3%
Carpooled	9.1%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	7.1%
Other means	0.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Irondale	Leeds
1-unit, detached	64.4%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	14.6%	8.9%
20 or more units	9.7%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Irondale	Leeds
Poverty rate	13.8%	11.0%
Average household size	2.10	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1980	1980