Leesburg vs Lynchburg

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

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

Lynchburg has the higher population (1,408 vs 1,188 in Leesburg). Leesburg has the higher median household income ($69,271 vs $61,094 in Lynchburg). Lynchburg has the higher median home value ($160,900 vs $136,900 in Leesburg).

Population, income & housing

	Leesburg	Lynchburg
Population	1,188	1,408
Median age	32.6 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$69,271	$61,094
Median home value	$136,900	$160,900
Median gross rent	$740	$840
Housing units	519	627
Homeownership rate	64.5%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leesburg	Lynchburg
Population	1,455 → 1,188 (-18.4%)	1,415 → 1,408 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$34,460 → $69,271 (+101.0%)	$42,325 → $61,094 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$83,000 → $136,900 (+64.9%)	$108,100 → $160,900 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$674 → $740 (+9.8%)	$782 → $840 (+7.4%)

Leesburg

Population

1,4551,188

Median household income

$34,460$69,271

Median home value

$83,000$136,900

Median gross rent

$674$740

Lynchburg

Population

1,4151,408

Median household income

$42,325$61,094

Median home value

$108,100$160,900

Median gross rent

$782$840

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leesburg	Lynchburg
Under 5	10.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	12.3%	16.5%
18 to 24	13.2%	8.9%
25 to 34	17.8%	20.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	5.1%	4.3%
75 and over	5.1%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leesburg	Lynchburg
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	97.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leesburg	Lynchburg
No high school diploma	9.4%	4.4%
High school graduate	45.7%	48.1%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	41.9%
Bachelor's degree	4.7%	4.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leesburg	Lynchburg
Drove alone	79.1%	92.8%
Carpooled	14.8%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leesburg	Lynchburg
1-unit, detached	71.3%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	8.9%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Leesburg	Lynchburg
Poverty rate	8.8%	11.6%
Average household size	2.48	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1969	1968