De Soto vs Leslie

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

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

Leslie has the higher population (490 vs 92 in De Soto). Leslie has the higher median household income ($53,571 vs $36,250 in De Soto). Since 2019, Leslie's population has grown faster (-16.0% vs -48.9%).

Population, income & housing

	De Soto	Leslie
Population	92	490
Median age	33.2 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$36,250	$53,571
Median home value	—	$69,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,016
Housing units	60	239
Homeownership rate	73.9%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.3%	22.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	De Soto	Leslie
Population	180 → 92 (-48.9%)	583 → 490 (-16.0%)
Median household income	$40,781 → $36,250 (-11.1%)	$58,929 → $53,571 (-9.1%)
Median home value	$45,000 → $45,000 (+0.0%)	$76,400 → $69,300 (-9.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,070 → $1,016 (-5.0%)

De Soto

Population

18092

Median household income

$40,781$36,250

Median home value

$45,000$45,000

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)

	De Soto	Leslie
Under 5	1.1%	1.4%
5 to 17	14.1%	21.4%
18 to 24	8.7%	10.6%
25 to 34	35.9%	4.3%
35 to 44	2.2%	12.4%
45 to 54	6.5%	17.6%
55 to 64	3.3%	16.1%
65 to 74	21.7%	8.0%
75 and over	6.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	De Soto	Leslie
White (non-Hispanic)	25.0%	47.3%
Black or African American	30.4%	50.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	42.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	De Soto	Leslie
No high school diploma	50.0%	10.1%
High school graduate	15.7%	50.3%
Some college or associate's	10.0%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	14.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.6%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	De Soto	Leslie
Drove alone	54.3%	84.5%
Carpooled	40.0%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	De Soto	Leslie
1-unit, detached	93.3%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	31.8%

Poverty & households

	De Soto	Leslie
Poverty rate	42.4%	34.3%
Average household size	2.00	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	14	23
Median year structure built	1961	1960