Leakesville vs McLain

A side-by-side comparison of Leakesville and McLain: population, income, housing, and more.

Leakesville and McLain are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Leakesville has the higher population (5,564 vs 394 in McLain). Leakesville has the higher median household income ($65,745 vs $41,667 in McLain). Leakesville has the higher median home value ($111,300 vs $56,300 in McLain).

Population, income & housing

	Leakesville	McLain
Population	5,564	394
Median age	43.6 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,745	$41,667
Median home value	$111,300	$56,300
Median gross rent	$826	$654
Housing units	651	210
Homeownership rate	61.2%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	5.9%
Unemployment rate	12.1%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leakesville	McLain
Population	989 → 5,564 (+462.6%)	311 → 394 (+26.7%)
Median household income	$33,542 → $65,745 (+96.0%)	$23,500 → $41,667 (+77.3%)
Median home value	$96,800 → $111,300 (+15.0%)	$60,000 → $56,300 (-6.2%)
Median gross rent	$568 → $826 (+45.4%)	$642 → $654 (+1.9%)

Leakesville

Population

9895,564

Median household income

$33,542$65,745

Median home value

$96,800$111,300

Median gross rent

$568$826

McLain

Population

311394

Median household income

$23,500$41,667

Median home value

$60,000$56,300

Median gross rent

$642$654

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leakesville	McLain
Under 5	3.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	6.6%	37.8%
18 to 24	5.9%	2.0%
25 to 34	19.6%	4.3%
35 to 44	18.2%	22.1%
45 to 54	21.4%	5.1%
55 to 64	15.0%	5.8%
65 to 74	6.0%	16.8%
75 and over	3.7%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leakesville	McLain
White (non-Hispanic)	46.7%	93.9%
Black or African American	48.1%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leakesville	McLain
No high school diploma	33.0%	13.1%
High school graduate	33.4%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	0.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leakesville	McLain
Drove alone	83.7%	87.5%
Carpooled	9.9%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	0.0%
Other means	1.9%	9.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leakesville	McLain
1-unit, detached	81.0%	50.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	7.6%
20 or more units	8.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	32.4%

Poverty & households

	Leakesville	McLain
Poverty rate	30.3%	7.1%
Average household size	3.23	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	42	56
Median year structure built	1971	1984