Leigh vs Richland

A side-by-side comparison of Leigh and Richland: population, income, housing, and more.

Leigh and Richland are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Leigh has the higher population (451 vs 68 in Richland). Leigh has the higher median household income ($68,068 vs $40,625 in Richland). Richland has the higher median home value ($112,500 vs $89,000 in Leigh).

Population, income & housing

	Leigh	Richland
Population	451	68
Median age	37.6 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,068	$40,625
Median home value	$89,000	$112,500
Median gross rent	$638	—
Housing units	232	38
Homeownership rate	86.8%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	4.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leigh	Richland
Population	396 → 451 (+13.9%)	134 → 68 (-49.3%)
Median household income	$49,821 → $68,068 (+36.6%)	$43,125 → $40,625 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$59,200 → $89,000 (+50.3%)	$54,000 → $112,500 (+108.3%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $638 (-3.8%)	—

Leigh

Population

396451

Median household income

$49,821$68,068

Median home value

$59,200$89,000

Median gross rent

$663$638

Richland

Population

13468

Median household income

$43,125$40,625

Median home value

$54,000$112,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leigh	Richland
Under 5	6.4%	1.5%
5 to 17	23.9%	25.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	7.5%	5.9%
45 to 54	14.6%	5.9%
55 to 64	4.9%	16.2%
65 to 74	7.3%	10.3%
75 and over	20.0%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leigh	Richland
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	73.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	10.3%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	16.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leigh	Richland
No high school diploma	5.4%	19.1%
High school graduate	30.1%	36.2%
Some college or associate's	44.9%	40.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	4.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leigh	Richland
Drove alone	71.8%	87.9%
Carpooled	8.7%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	0.0%
Other means	4.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leigh	Richland
1-unit, detached	86.2%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Leigh	Richland
Poverty rate	3.5%	20.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	16	14
Median year structure built	1961	1960