Leslie vs St. Joe

A side-by-side comparison of Leslie and St. Joe: population, income, housing, and more.

Leslie and St. Joe are places in Arkansas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Leslie has the higher population (442 vs 139 in St. Joe). St. Joe has the higher median household income ($44,167 vs $23,750 in Leslie). Leslie has the higher median home value ($94,200 vs $75,000 in St. Joe).

Population, income & housing

	Leslie	St. Joe
Population	442	139
Median age	42.0 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$23,750	$44,167
Median home value	$94,200	$75,000
Median gross rent	$429	—
Housing units	267	99
Homeownership rate	45.3%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.5%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	15.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leslie	St. Joe
Population	581 → 442 (-23.9%)	243 → 139 (-42.8%)
Median household income	$23,854 → $23,750 (-0.4%)	$32,500 → $44,167 (+35.9%)
Median home value	$68,600 → $94,200 (+37.3%)	$92,500 → $75,000 (-18.9%)
Median gross rent	$464 → $429 (-7.5%)	—

Leslie

Population

581442

Median household income

$23,854$23,750

Median home value

$68,600$94,200

Median gross rent

$464$429

St. Joe

Population

243139

Median household income

$32,500$44,167

Median home value

$92,500$75,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leslie	St. Joe
Under 5	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.3%	38.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	2.9%
25 to 34	10.6%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	27.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	17.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	8.8%	5.8%
75 and over	10.4%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leslie	St. Joe
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	4.3%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leslie	St. Joe
No high school diploma	12.6%	17.1%
High school graduate	54.5%	11.0%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	1.3%	28.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leslie	St. Joe
Drove alone	86.8%	92.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	4.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leslie	St. Joe
1-unit, detached	57.3%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.0%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Leslie	St. Joe
Poverty rate	43.0%	55.4%
Average household size	2.20	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1976	1978