Leggett vs Macclesfield

A side-by-side comparison of Leggett and Macclesfield: population, income, housing, and more.

Leggett and Macclesfield are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Macclesfield has the higher population (393 vs 50 in Leggett). Macclesfield has the higher median household income ($53,036 vs $42,188 in Leggett). Since 2019, Leggett's population has grown faster (+13.6% vs -20.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Leggett	Macclesfield
Population	50	393
Median age	65.3 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$42,188	$53,036
Median home value	—	$116,000
Median gross rent	—	$865
Housing units	36	184
Homeownership rate	100.0%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	17.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leggett	Macclesfield
Population	44 → 50 (+13.6%)	494 → 393 (-20.4%)
Median household income	$29,688 → $42,188 (+42.1%)	$32,232 → $53,036 (+64.5%)
Median home value	$73,100 → $74,300 (+1.6%)	$77,000 → $116,000 (+50.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$634 → $865 (+36.4%)

Leggett

Population

4450

Median household income

$29,688$42,188

Median home value

$73,100$74,300

Macclesfield

Population

494393

Median household income

$32,232$53,036

Median home value

$77,000$116,000

Median gross rent

$634$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leggett	Macclesfield
Under 5	24.0%	11.7%
5 to 17	2.0%	18.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	23.4%
35 to 44	6.0%	5.3%
45 to 54	10.0%	8.4%
55 to 64	4.0%	16.3%
65 to 74	52.0%	4.6%
75 and over	2.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leggett	Macclesfield
White (non-Hispanic)	22.0%	63.9%
Black or African American	78.0%	20.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	9.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leggett	Macclesfield
No high school diploma	48.6%	19.0%
High school graduate	27.0%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leggett	Macclesfield
Drove alone	93.8%	92.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leggett	Macclesfield
1-unit, detached	88.9%	77.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Leggett	Macclesfield
Poverty rate	2.0%	29.8%
Average household size	1.92	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1943	1958