Americus vs Leslie

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

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

Americus has the higher population (15,910 vs 490 in Leslie). Leslie has the higher median household income ($53,571 vs $39,527 in Americus). Americus has the higher median home value ($113,500 vs $69,300 in Leslie).

Population, income & housing

	Americus	Leslie
Population	15,910	490
Median age	29.0 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$39,527	$53,571
Median home value	$113,500	$69,300
Median gross rent	$825	$1,016
Housing units	7,283	239
Homeownership rate	32.4%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Americus	Leslie
Population	15,503 → 15,910 (+2.6%)	583 → 490 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$33,347 → $39,527 (+18.5%)	$58,929 → $53,571 (-9.1%)
Median home value	$86,200 → $113,500 (+31.7%)	$76,400 → $69,300 (-9.3%)
Median gross rent	$744 → $825 (+10.9%)	$1,070 → $1,016 (-5.0%)

Americus

Population

15,50315,910

Median household income

$33,347$39,527

Median home value

$86,200$113,500

Median gross rent

$744$825

Leslie

Population

583490

Median household income

$58,929$53,571

Median home value

$76,400$69,300

Median gross rent

$1,070$1,016

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Americus	Leslie
Under 5	7.1%	1.4%
5 to 17	17.5%	21.4%
18 to 24	18.8%	10.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	4.3%
35 to 44	9.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	17.6%
55 to 64	8.6%	16.1%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.0%
75 and over	7.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Americus	Leslie
White (non-Hispanic)	30.3%	47.3%
Black or African American	60.8%	50.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Americus	Leslie
No high school diploma	14.4%	10.1%
High school graduate	34.8%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Americus	Leslie
Drove alone	69.4%	84.5%
Carpooled	12.0%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	0.5%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Americus	Leslie
1-unit, detached	57.3%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	20.6%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	31.8%

Poverty & households

	Americus	Leslie
Poverty rate	28.7%	34.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	19	23
Median year structure built	1975	1960