Leadington vs Wortham

A side-by-side comparison of Leadington and Wortham: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Leadington has the higher population (842 vs 163 in Wortham). Since 2019, Leadington's population has grown faster (+35.6% vs -33.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Leadington	Wortham
Population	842	163
Median age	38.7 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,402	—
Median home value	$175,000	—
Median gross rent	$742	—
Housing units	455	145
Homeownership rate	29.7%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	17.9%	28.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leadington	Wortham
Population	621 → 842 (+35.6%)	246 → 163 (-33.7%)
Median household income	$35,852 → $36,402 (+1.5%)	$29,509 → $28,087 (-4.8%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $175,000 (+107.3%)	$61,200 → $63,800 (+4.2%)
Median gross rent	$659 → $742 (+12.6%)	—

Leadington

Population

621842

Median household income

$35,852$36,402

Median home value

$84,400$175,000

Median gross rent

$659$742

Wortham

Population

246163

Median household income

$29,509$28,087

Median home value

$61,200$63,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leadington	Wortham
Under 5	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.8%	16.6%
18 to 24	10.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.5%	5.5%
35 to 44	17.3%	16.0%
45 to 54	6.7%	14.1%
55 to 64	15.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	4.9%	19.6%
75 and over	9.7%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leadington	Wortham
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leadington	Wortham
No high school diploma	10.6%	19.9%
High school graduate	34.9%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	19.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leadington	Wortham
Drove alone	77.5%	15.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	85.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leadington	Wortham
1-unit, detached	31.9%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	28.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	39.3%

Poverty & households

	Leadington	Wortham
Poverty rate	19.4%	42.3%
Average household size	2.28	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	2004	1976