Leesburg vs Palestine

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

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

Palestine has the higher population (925 vs 801 in Leesburg). Leesburg has the higher median household income ($103,958 vs $89,924 in Palestine). Leesburg has the higher median home value ($168,900 vs $134,900 in Palestine).

Population, income & housing

	Leesburg	Palestine
Population	801	925
Median age	29.0 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$103,958	$89,924
Median home value	$168,900	$134,900
Median gross rent	$992	$1,086
Housing units	299	337
Homeownership rate	82.1%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	2.9%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leesburg	Palestine
Population	776 → 801 (+3.2%)	946 → 925 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$83,021 → $103,958 (+25.2%)	$64,306 → $89,924 (+39.8%)
Median home value	$115,800 → $168,900 (+45.9%)	$130,700 → $134,900 (+3.2%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $992 (+4.4%)	—

Leesburg

Population

776801

Median household income

$83,021$103,958

Median home value

$115,800$168,900

Median gross rent

$950$992

Palestine

Population

946925

Median household income

$64,306$89,924

Median home value

$130,700$134,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leesburg	Palestine
Under 5	11.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	23.2%	39.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	19.2%	14.3%
35 to 44	13.7%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.1%	17.7%
55 to 64	6.6%	9.6%
65 to 74	4.5%	5.7%
75 and over	2.0%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leesburg	Palestine
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	94.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leesburg	Palestine
No high school diploma	6.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	42.8%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	44.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leesburg	Palestine
Drove alone	83.4%	80.5%
Carpooled	9.7%	17.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leesburg	Palestine
1-unit, detached	83.3%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	15.7%

Poverty & households

	Leesburg	Palestine
Poverty rate	3.0%	4.4%
Average household size	3.18	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1964	1981