Leeds vs McCalla

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

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

McCalla has the higher population (13,939 vs 12,221 in Leeds). McCalla has the higher median household income ($83,782 vs $71,672 in Leeds). McCalla has the higher median home value ($252,800 vs $220,400 in Leeds).

Population, income & housing

	Leeds	McCalla
Population	12,221	13,939
Median age	40.1 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,672	$83,782
Median home value	$220,400	$252,800
Median gross rent	$945	$1,838
Housing units	5,068	5,730
Homeownership rate	73.1%	92.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leeds	McCalla
Population	12,600 → 12,221 (-3.0%)	12,077 → 13,939 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$60,863 → $71,672 (+17.8%)	$71,061 → $83,782 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$160,500 → $220,400 (+37.3%)	$199,600 → $252,800 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$877 → $945 (+7.8%)	$1,377 → $1,838 (+33.5%)

Leeds

Population

12,60012,221

Median household income

$60,863$71,672

Median home value

$160,500$220,400

Median gross rent

$877$945

McCalla

Population

12,07713,939

Median household income

$71,061$83,782

Median home value

$199,600$252,800

Median gross rent

$1,377$1,838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leeds	McCalla
Under 5	5.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	17.3%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.0%	9.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	13.0%	15.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	11.8%	11.2%
75 and over	5.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leeds	McCalla
White (non-Hispanic)	70.3%	45.4%
Black or African American	13.6%	49.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leeds	McCalla
No high school diploma	11.7%	5.9%
High school graduate	25.1%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	34.5%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	16.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leeds	McCalla
Drove alone	79.3%	77.5%
Carpooled	11.7%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	13.0%
Other means	1.1%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leeds	McCalla
1-unit, detached	77.0%	89.4%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	8.7%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Leeds	McCalla
Poverty rate	11.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.63	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1980	2002