Leesburg vs Smithville

A side-by-side comparison of Leesburg and Smithville: population, income, housing, and more.

Leesburg and Smithville are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Leesburg has the higher population (3,509 vs 303 in Smithville). Leesburg has the higher median home value ($171,300 vs $111,500 in Smithville). Since 2019, Leesburg's population has grown faster (+16.7% vs -43.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Leesburg	Smithville
Population	3,509	303
Median age	34.2 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$71,071	—
Median home value	$171,300	$111,500
Median gross rent	$874	$941
Housing units	1,416	218
Homeownership rate	53.4%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leesburg	Smithville
Population	3,006 → 3,509 (+16.7%)	536 → 303 (-43.5%)
Median household income	$61,389 → $71,071 (+15.8%)	$24,514 → $46,250 (+88.7%)
Median home value	$116,900 → $171,300 (+46.5%)	$72,900 → $111,500 (+52.9%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $874 (-12.3%)	$544 → $941 (+73.0%)

Leesburg

Population

3,0063,509

Median household income

$61,389$71,071

Median home value

$116,900$171,300

Median gross rent

$997$874

Smithville

Population

536303

Median household income

$24,514$46,250

Median home value

$72,900$111,500

Median gross rent

$544$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leesburg	Smithville
Under 5	7.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	25.1%	13.5%
18 to 24	10.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	10.1%	17.8%
35 to 44	23.6%	25.4%
45 to 54	7.2%	2.3%
55 to 64	4.6%	6.3%
65 to 74	8.6%	19.8%
75 and over	3.4%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leesburg	Smithville
White (non-Hispanic)	54.4%	59.1%
Black or African American	31.7%	40.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leesburg	Smithville
No high school diploma	10.9%	26.7%
High school graduate	26.5%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leesburg	Smithville
Drove alone	71.7%	75.2%
Carpooled	22.9%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	10.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leesburg	Smithville
1-unit, detached	64.7%	67.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	21.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	33.0%

Poverty & households

	Leesburg	Smithville
Poverty rate	14.6%	10.6%
Average household size	2.57	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	2002	1986