Buford vs Leesburg

A side-by-side comparison of Buford and Leesburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Buford and Leesburg are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Leesburg has the higher population (1,188 vs 488 in Buford). Buford has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $69,271 in Leesburg). Buford has the higher median home value ($152,900 vs $136,900 in Leesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Buford	Leesburg
Population	488	1,188
Median age	26.8 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,750	$69,271
Median home value	$152,900	$136,900
Median gross rent	—	$740
Housing units	172	519
Homeownership rate	95.3%	64.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	21.5%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buford	Leesburg
Population	190 → 488 (+156.8%)	1,455 → 1,188 (-18.4%)
Median household income	$73,378 → $83,750 (+14.1%)	$34,460 → $69,271 (+101.0%)
Median home value	$138,900 → $152,900 (+10.1%)	$83,000 → $136,900 (+64.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$674 → $740 (+9.8%)

Buford

Population

190488

Median household income

$73,378$83,750

Median home value

$138,900$152,900

Leesburg

Population

1,4551,188

Median household income

$34,460$69,271

Median home value

$83,000$136,900

Median gross rent

$674$740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buford	Leesburg
Under 5	11.5%	10.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	12.3%
18 to 24	11.7%	13.2%
25 to 34	25.4%	17.8%
35 to 44	12.5%	11.2%
45 to 54	14.3%	13.6%
55 to 64	3.1%	11.4%
65 to 74	0.0%	5.1%
75 and over	5.1%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buford	Leesburg
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	94.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buford	Leesburg
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.4%
High school graduate	16.3%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	39.7%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	41.0%	4.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buford	Leesburg
Drove alone	100.0%	79.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	14.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buford	Leesburg
1-unit, detached	100.0%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	18.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Buford	Leesburg
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.8%
Average household size	2.84	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1938	1969