Fort Polk South vs Leesville

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

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

Fort Polk South has the higher population (8,056 vs 5,610 in Leesville). Fort Polk South has the higher median household income ($62,790 vs $38,292 in Leesville). Since 2019, Leesville's population has grown faster (-4.8% vs -11.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Polk South	Leesville
Population	8,056	5,610
Median age	22.9 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,790	$38,292
Median home value	—	$109,700
Median gross rent	$1,175	$863
Housing units	2,514	3,199
Homeownership rate	0.0%	43.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.7%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Polk South	Leesville
Population	9,048 → 8,056 (-11.0%)	5,891 → 5,610 (-4.8%)
Median household income	$50,286 → $62,790 (+24.9%)	$31,572 → $38,292 (+21.3%)
Median home value	—	$93,200 → $109,700 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,152 → $1,175 (+2.0%)	$746 → $863 (+15.7%)

Fort Polk South

Population

9,0488,056

Median household income

$50,286$62,790

Median gross rent

$1,152$1,175

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 South	Leesville
Under 5	12.6%	7.2%
5 to 17	21.2%	14.7%
18 to 24	22.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	24.0%	20.3%
35 to 44	15.5%	9.8%
45 to 54	2.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	0.8%	12.1%
65 to 74	0.7%	9.2%
75 and over	0.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Polk South	Leesville
White (non-Hispanic)	51.0%	45.1%
Black or African American	18.5%	38.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.3%
Asian	2.7%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	6.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.7%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Polk South	Leesville
No high school diploma	4.2%	15.7%
High school graduate	21.1%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	46.0%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Polk South	Leesville
Drove alone	64.0%	78.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	11.7%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.6%	3.8%
Other means	1.2%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Polk South	Leesville
1-unit, detached	8.1%	63.6%
1-unit, attached	23.1%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	65.8%	11.6%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	13.3%
20 or more units	0.5%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort Polk South	Leesville
Poverty rate	18.0%	33.8%
Average household size	3.04	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	11	20
Median year structure built	1997	1976