Fort Polk North vs Leesville

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Polk North and Leesville: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Polk North and Leesville are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Leesville has the higher population (5,610 vs 2,034 in Fort Polk North). Fort Polk North has the higher median household income ($45,411 vs $38,292 in Leesville). Since 2019, Leesville's population has grown faster (-4.8% vs -10.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Polk North	Leesville
Population	2,034	5,610
Median age	24.1 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,411	$38,292
Median home value	—	$109,700
Median gross rent	$1,083	$863
Housing units	1,138	3,199
Homeownership rate	1.5%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	14.4%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Polk North	Leesville
Population	2,263 → 2,034 (-10.1%)	5,891 → 5,610 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$36,797 → $45,411 (+23.4%)	$31,572 → $38,292 (+21.3%)
Median home value	—	$93,200 → $109,700 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,005 → $1,083 (+7.8%)	$746 → $863 (+15.7%)

Fort Polk North

Population

2,2632,034

Median household income

$36,797$45,411

Median gross rent

$1,005$1,083

Leesville

Population

5,8915,610

Median household income

$31,572$38,292

Median home value

$93,200$109,700

Median gross rent

$746$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Polk North	Leesville
Under 5	12.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	2.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	41.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	31.7%	20.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.8%
45 to 54	1.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	9.2%
75 and over	0.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Polk North	Leesville
White (non-Hispanic)	52.3%	45.1%
Black or African American	10.0%	38.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	34.7%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Polk North	Leesville
No high school diploma	5.1%	15.7%
High school graduate	19.1%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	61.3%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.7%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Polk North	Leesville
Drove alone	89.2%	78.8%
Carpooled	6.0%	11.0%
Public transit	1.9%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	3.8%
Other means	0.7%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Polk North	Leesville
1-unit, detached	4.5%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	43.9%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	37.3%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	13.3%
20 or more units	0.8%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort Polk North	Leesville
Poverty rate	10.5%	33.8%
Average household size	1.97	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	14	20
Median year structure built	1995	1976