Leasburg vs Steelville

A side-by-side comparison of Leasburg and Steelville: population, income, housing, and more.

Leasburg and Steelville are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Steelville has the higher population (1,410 vs 336 in Leasburg). Leasburg has the higher median household income ($40,833 vs $32,404 in Steelville). Leasburg has the higher median home value ($87,500 vs $82,500 in Steelville).

Population, income & housing

	Leasburg	Steelville
Population	336	1,410
Median age	34.2 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$40,833	$32,404
Median home value	$87,500	$82,500
Median gross rent	$675	$683
Housing units	190	720
Homeownership rate	55.4%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.2%	11.9%
Unemployment rate	16.6%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leasburg	Steelville
Population	366 → 336 (-8.2%)	1,728 → 1,410 (-18.4%)
Median household income	$25,833 → $40,833 (+58.1%)	$33,015 → $32,404 (-1.9%)
Median home value	$71,800 → $87,500 (+21.9%)	$86,200 → $82,500 (-4.3%)
Median gross rent	$400 → $675 (+68.8%)	$607 → $683 (+12.5%)

Leasburg

Population

366336

Median household income

$25,833$40,833

Median home value

$71,800$87,500

Median gross rent

$400$675

Steelville

Population

1,7281,410

Median household income

$33,015$32,404

Median home value

$86,200$82,500

Median gross rent

$607$683

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leasburg	Steelville
Under 5	5.1%	2.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	18.2%
18 to 24	14.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	14.3%	11.5%
35 to 44	8.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	18.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	6.5%	16.2%
75 and over	2.7%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leasburg	Steelville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.1%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leasburg	Steelville
No high school diploma	21.7%	21.3%
High school graduate	30.4%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.5%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leasburg	Steelville
Drove alone	83.5%	82.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	9.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leasburg	Steelville
1-unit, detached	70.0%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.4%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.4%
20 or more units	1.6%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	12.1%

Poverty & households

	Leasburg	Steelville
Poverty rate	30.7%	25.2%
Average household size	2.58	2.00
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1966	1976