Leesport vs Temple

A side-by-side comparison of Leesport and Temple: population, income, housing, and more.

Leesport and Temple are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Temple has the higher population (2,335 vs 2,208 in Leesport). Leesport has the higher median household income ($96,500 vs $71,773 in Temple). Leesport has the higher median home value ($199,700 vs $161,400 in Temple).

Population, income & housing

	Leesport	Temple
Population	2,208	2,335
Median age	39.3 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$96,500	$71,773
Median home value	$199,700	$161,400
Median gross rent	$988	$1,261
Housing units	793	861
Homeownership rate	78.6%	63.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leesport	Temple
Population	2,024 → 2,208 (+9.1%)	1,689 → 2,335 (+38.2%)
Median household income	$67,669 → $96,500 (+42.6%)	$60,644 → $71,773 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$155,300 → $199,700 (+28.6%)	$130,400 → $161,400 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$945 → $988 (+4.6%)	$959 → $1,261 (+31.5%)

Leesport

Population

2,0242,208

Median household income

$67,669$96,500

Median home value

$155,300$199,700

Median gross rent

$945$988

Temple

Population

1,6892,335

Median household income

$60,644$71,773

Median home value

$130,400$161,400

Median gross rent

$959$1,261

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leesport	Temple
Under 5	4.8%	2.5%
5 to 17	13.0%	29.3%
18 to 24	14.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	17.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	13.4%	5.2%
55 to 64	17.5%	13.4%
65 to 74	5.6%	3.3%
75 and over	4.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leesport	Temple
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	58.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	27.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leesport	Temple
No high school diploma	11.1%	14.1%
High school graduate	42.0%	44.2%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	9.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leesport	Temple
Drove alone	83.0%	74.9%
Carpooled	2.8%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	5.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leesport	Temple
1-unit, detached	55.0%	41.2%
1-unit, attached	30.5%	17.8%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	22.6%
20 or more units	0.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Leesport	Temple
Poverty rate	5.3%	8.4%
Average household size	2.88	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1977	1953