Desloge vs Leadwood

A side-by-side comparison of Desloge and Leadwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Desloge has the higher population (4,870 vs 1,524 in Leadwood). Desloge has the higher median household income ($63,018 vs $44,167 in Leadwood). Desloge has the higher median home value ($112,800 vs $64,000 in Leadwood).

Population, income & housing

	Desloge	Leadwood
Population	4,870	1,524
Median age	38.6 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,018	$44,167
Median home value	$112,800	$64,000
Median gross rent	$626	$802
Housing units	2,400	616
Homeownership rate	74.6%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Desloge	Leadwood
Population	4,886 → 4,870 (-0.3%)	1,443 → 1,524 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$44,317 → $63,018 (+42.2%)	$37,241 → $44,167 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $112,800 (+18.7%)	$51,000 → $64,000 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $626 (+6.6%)	$766 → $802 (+4.7%)

Desloge

Population

4,8864,870

Median household income

$44,317$63,018

Median home value

$95,000$112,800

Median gross rent

$587$626

Leadwood

Population

1,4431,524

Median household income

$37,241$44,167

Median home value

$51,000$64,000

Median gross rent

$766$802

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Desloge	Leadwood
Under 5	3.0%	11.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	18.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	15.8%
25 to 34	17.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.9%
45 to 54	13.2%	16.6%
55 to 64	8.5%	10.0%
65 to 74	12.8%	4.9%
75 and over	6.4%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Desloge	Leadwood
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Desloge	Leadwood
No high school diploma	6.4%	19.9%
High school graduate	34.8%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	42.3%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Desloge	Leadwood
Drove alone	82.9%	80.5%
Carpooled	5.8%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	2.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Desloge	Leadwood
1-unit, detached	65.8%	89.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Desloge	Leadwood
Poverty rate	15.3%	40.2%
Average household size	2.52	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	19	34
Median year structure built	1980	1940