Leesville vs Rosepine

A side-by-side comparison of Leesville and Rosepine: population, income, housing, and more.

Leesville and Rosepine 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 1,817 in Rosepine). Rosepine has the higher median household income ($59,258 vs $38,292 in Leesville). Rosepine has the higher median home value ($193,300 vs $109,700 in Leesville).

Population, income & housing

	Leesville	Rosepine
Population	5,610	1,817
Median age	34.1 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$38,292	$59,258
Median home value	$109,700	$193,300
Median gross rent	$863	$725
Housing units	3,199	835
Homeownership rate	43.6%	60.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leesville	Rosepine
Population	5,891 → 5,610 (-4.8%)	1,846 → 1,817 (-1.6%)
Median household income	$31,572 → $38,292 (+21.3%)	$47,523 → $59,258 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$93,200 → $109,700 (+17.7%)	$132,400 → $193,300 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$746 → $863 (+15.7%)	$814 → $725 (-10.9%)

Leesville

Population

5,8915,610

Median household income

$31,572$38,292

Median home value

$93,200$109,700

Median gross rent

$746$863

Rosepine

Population

1,8461,817

Median household income

$47,523$59,258

Median home value

$132,400$193,300

Median gross rent

$814$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leesville	Rosepine
Under 5	7.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	14.7%	19.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	8.9%
25 to 34	20.3%	18.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	15.3%
45 to 54	12.1%	7.0%
55 to 64	12.1%	7.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	4.7%
75 and over	5.1%	14.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leesville	Rosepine
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	80.7%
Black or African American	38.0%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leesville	Rosepine
No high school diploma	15.7%	12.2%
High school graduate	34.7%	50.1%
Some college or associate's	30.5%	18.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.1%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leesville	Rosepine
Drove alone	78.8%	94.1%
Carpooled	11.0%	1.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	3.1%
Other means	3.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leesville	Rosepine
1-unit, detached	63.6%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	11.6%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	6.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	26.1%

Poverty & households

	Leesville	Rosepine
Poverty rate	33.8%	13.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1976	1993